The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal Abbas has sought the support of the National Assembly to come up with roadmap that would assist the sector achieve its mandate.
The Minister pleaded for the support during the working visit by the Senate Committee on Environment led by the Chairman, Senator Yunus Biodun Akintunde and other Members of the Committee to the Ministry in Mabushi, Abuja.
Ibrahim Haruna, the Ministry’s Head, Press and Public Relations Unit revealed this in a statement signed on Friday.
Lawal solicited for the support and cooperation of the Members of the Committee in the area of funding.
He said that the National Assembly was very key for the Ministry to deliver optimally on its mandate.
He promised to operate an open door policy to the members of the National Assembly and all relevant stakeholders on issues relating to the environment sector.
He assured the Senate Committee on Environment that the ministry would work hand in hand with the Committee.
The Minister said that the environment ministry would soon be unveiling what it intended to do by collaborating with all relevant stakeholders in order to achieve the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Minister of State for environment, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako said that of the eight Point Renewed Hope Agenda of the Mr. President, five of them were Ministry of Environment related issues.
Dr. Salako revealed that the Federal Ministry of Environment and its Agencies needed maximum support from the National assembly in terms of budgetary allocation for effective service delivery.
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Yunus Bioudun Akintunde reassured the Ministry of their support.
Senator Akintunde said the working visit was to familiarize the Committee with the Ministry and it Agencies with a view to evolving a synergy and effective formulation, processing, implementation and monitoring of government programmes and projects to excellently deliver on the ‘Renewed Hope’ of the current Administration in which we are integral stakeholders.
As part of the Legislative oversight functions, Senator Akintunde said: “The Committee will want to know your level of preparation, constraints, policy direction, programmes and projects in the 2024 Appropriation Bill (2024 Budget), and the processes and actions your Ministry and Agencies have undertaken so far in these regards”.
Senator Yunus Akintunde tasked the Ministry and its Agencies to carry the Committees along on the consultation, conferment, involvement and collaboration with the National Assembly on programmes/projects choice, formulation and location in the execution of critical intervention constituency projects in the various Senatorial districts across the country.
The Chairman said that the Legislative chamber would continue to collaborate with the ministry for effective management of the environment to ensure safe and healthy ecosystem.
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