Environment Minister Assures Of Govt’s Support In Nature Conservation, Sustainability

Photo Captions: 2nd left, Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Adeboye Salako, flanked to his right by the Director Forestry, Ministry of Environment and to his left by DG, Nigerian Conservation Foundation,(NCF), Dr. Joseph Onoja and Muhammad Boyi of NCF Abuja Office during the NCF official working visit to the Minister in Abuja

The Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako has assured the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) of his Ministry’s partnership for the promotion of nature conservation, natural and environmental resource management and sustainability development issues in Nigeria.

A statement signed by Ibrahim Haruna, the Ministry’s Head, Press and Public Relations Unit said the Minister disclosed this when the foundation led by the Director General, Dr. Joseph David Onoja paid him an official working visit on Monday in Abuja.

Salako further said that the issue of Coastal-Erosion along Lekki-Epe axis and other areas along coastal states would soon be resolved as his ministry and other coastal states and the foundation would team up in tackling the erosion.

He said that coastal erosion was a major challenge to the Ministry and has been identified as one of the key priority areas needing effective collaboration between the Federal, States in the coastal areas and the Foundation.

The Minister urged the Foundation to do a lot of public environmental awareness and sensitization on forest conservation.

The Director General of Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Dr. Joseph Onoja said that the Foundation was the birdlife international Partner in Nigeria, an Association of World Wide Fund Formation (WWF) and a member of the World Conservation Union (WCU) and International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Onoja said that the Foundation forged effective and enduring mutually beneficial partnership with Federal Ministry of Environment and other relevant Ministerial and Extra Ministerial Department, (MDAs) and other relevant stakeholders .

He said the partnership was to enhance the preservative of Nigerians’ unique biodiversity, boost livelihood and inspire sustainable; lifestyle for the benefit of humans, nature and Nigeria.

NCF congratulated the Minister for his well-deserved appointment to be part of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope administration.