From KABIR Dankatsina
Deputy Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Funds, Hon .Shina Oyedeji has said the National Assembly will do everything humanly possible to support Kebbi state to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.
Hon. Oyedeji made this known at the Government House yesterday when he led the other members of the committee on a courtesy visit to Governor, 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.
He further explained 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 especially in guaranteeing food security.
The deputy chairman said that the committee 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.
While responding Governor Nasir Idris who was represented by the Secretary to the state government, Yakubu Bala-Tafida 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.
The Governor pointed out that In Kebbi State there was serious negative impact of ecological problem saying by the time we go round you will see some of the areas negatively impacted by the problem and what we have done.
