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Ahead of the 2018 World Environment Day taking place on Tuesday, June 5th, Abia State government in collaboration with Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOAU) has kicked off the celebrations with a walk in the Streets of Umuahia town today.
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Ahead of the 2018 World Environment Day taking place on Tuesday, June 5th, Abia State government in collaboration with Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (MOAU) has kicked off the celebrations with a walk in the Streets of Umuahia town today.
Addressing people after the exercise, the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu said the menace of plastics in the environment are enormous as it blocks the drainages and kills fishes and other aquatic animals
The Governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on General Duties, Chief Erondu Uchenna Erondu Junior requested Abians to embrace the campaign on reducing the use of plastics in the environment.
He said a healthy environment is a wealthy environment and pleaded with the people to be conscious of their environment.
In their various speeches, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Uche Onyeizu and the representative of the Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Prof. Emmanuel Nzegbula said there was need for all to take care of the environment.
They said in line with the theme of 2018 World Environment Day “Beat Plastic Pollution. If You Can’t Reuse It, Refuse It” people should try to reduce plastics on the environment by ensuring that paper bags are used more than plastics or recycling the plastics. They further informed that the essence of the exercise was to draw the attention of the world to the menace and environmental hazards caused by plastics.
According to them, the exercise was a prelude to the week long activities to commemorate the the event, adding that there will other programmes to mark the event on Tuesday, next week, including Symposium
Also speaking, the Project Coordinator, Nigeria Erosion & Watershed Management Project, (NEWMAP), Engr. Izuchukwu Onwughara assured that the NEWMAP in the State would continue to carry out sensitization on how best to keep the environment safe from the menace caused by plastics and other non biodegradable materials in the society.
He said that livelihood programmes would also be sustained to ensure those activities contributing to the environmental hazards were curbed and make Abia State environment better for it.
The Governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on General Duties, Chief Erondu Uchenna Erondu Junior requested Abians to embrace the campaign on reducing the use of plastics in the environment.
He said a healthy environment is a wealthy environment and pleaded with the people to be conscious of their environment.
In their various speeches, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Uche Onyeizu and the representative of the Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Prof. Emmanuel Nzegbula said there was need for all to take care of the environment.
They said in line with the theme of 2018 World Environment Day “Beat Plastic Pollution. If You Can’t Reuse It, Refuse It” people should try to reduce plastics on the environment by ensuring that paper bags are used more than plastics or recycling the plastics. They further informed that the essence of the exercise was to draw the attention of the world to the menace and environmental hazards caused by plastics.
According to them, the exercise was a prelude to the week long activities to commemorate the the event, adding that there will other programmes to mark the event on Tuesday, next week, including Symposium
Also speaking, the Project Coordinator, Nigeria Erosion & Watershed Management Project, (NEWMAP), Engr. Izuchukwu Onwughara assured that the NEWMAP in the State would continue to carry out sensitization on how best to keep the environment safe from the menace caused by plastics and other non biodegradable materials in the society.
He said that livelihood programmes would also be sustained to ensure those activities contributing to the environmental hazards were curbed and make Abia State environment better for it.