NASS Will Support Kebbi To Mitigate Impacts Of Climate Change –Rep. Oyedeji

The Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Funds, Hon .Shina Oyedeji, says the National Assembly will do everything humanly possible to support Kebbi state to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.

Hon. Oyedeji spoke on Monday in Birnin Kebbi when he led the other members of the commitee on a courtesy visit to Gov. Nasir Idris, Kauran Gwandu, on behalf of its Chairman.

He lamented that a lot of negative impacts of climate change were now more prevalent in Nigeria, just like other parts of the world.

While explaining that climate is more evident in global warming, food and other natural disasters, Oyedeji said that Nigeria is.doing a lot to stem the tide of the ecological scourge.

According to him, ecology is very crucial to human sustenance espeically in guaranteeing food security.

He added that the essence of the nationwide tour by the committee was to assess the deployment, management and impact of the ecological funds.

Oyedeji said, “We are here to see the prgress made, see the challenges and chart the way forward.

“We want to come up with a workable database in this direction and do the needful to improve the functions of the funds..

“We will partner with the states to support them especially the most active states like Kebbi.”

The lawmaker said that the commitee attaches greater importance to Kebbi State because it was the first to be visited by the committee, saying, “that is why it is the first state we are visiting since our inauguration in November.”

Oyedeji called on the state government to share with the committee the challenges being faced by Kebbi on ecology and utilisation of the ecological funds.

He also expressed satisfaction about the utilisation of the fund on recommended projects by the Kebbi State Government among benefitting communities.

Earlier at a courtesy call, the SSG, Alhaji Yakubu Bala-Tafida who represented the governor said Kebbi State Government has been up and doing in the implementation of projects under the mandate of the fund, but would require additional intervention to expand the horizon of the programme.

He said ‘ In Kebbi State we have serious negative impact of this ecological problem , by the time we go round you will see some of the areas negatively impacted by the problem and what have done to significant extent ‘.

‘ We will certainly require more funding to deal with the problem, we have alot of problems particularly in Zuru,Yauri,Jega,Argungu and even Birnin Kebbi’, he lamented.

Credit: YAHAYA SARKI,
Special Adviser to Kebbi State Governor on Media and Publicity