The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, on Sunday in Katsina commended Governor Aminu Bello Masari, for his courageous steps in taking the war against banditry and insecurity in the state to the strongholds of the bandits and dialoguing with them in other to extract peace and other concessions from them
The President of the Association, Mr. Danielson Akpan, who addressed a press conference at the NUJ secretariat in Katsina, told newsmen that they have been in the state for 4 days to inspect projects executed by the present administration in the state and from what they have seen during the tour of the three senatorial districts in the state, the state is peaceful and secured
He said’’ I want to state quite frankly, we have visited the three senatorial districts in the state, we didn’t notice pandemonium, and from what we have seen during this visit, there is peace now in the state and considering the way he has reached out to the bandits, peace has returned to Katsina state’’
The NANS leader further state in his interim report that the association also inspected projects covering the Education, health, youth empowerment, Roads and Rural Infrastructure and security and that their interim reports so far indicated that the governor has lived up to the expectations of the people
He further disclosed that the state government has delivered frontally, the expectations of the people from the little resources available to it.
He said ’’NANS is pleased with the focus of the state Government on addressing underdevelopment, provision of needed critical infrastructure such as good roads, classroom furniture, interfacing with bandits through dialogue and several interventions in other areas’’
The Association had prior to the press briefing visited the Secretary to the State Government Dr Mustapha Inuwa, who while welcoming them on behalf of governor Masari urged them to be objective in their reports of what they have seen during their visit, and to partner the state government in the delivery of their political promises made to the people during electioneering
He said ’’This Government is very passionate about youth’s employment, empowering them with skills and training and supporting them financially to promote self-reliance’’
Three children have allegedly died in the recent flooding that ravaged communities, including Polobubo (Teskelewu) in Warri North council area of Delta state.
The children, a girl and two boys, belonging to two families, were identified as Annabel, Gift and Praise-God.
They were said to be two, four and near five years old.
The bereaved parents told newsmen ,who visited the community at the weekend, that they lost their children to the flood.
They had reportedly stepped out to play, somehow fell in the swelling waters and were washed away only to be discovered dead later.
Mr David Suku, who lost two of his children, Gift and Praise-God, to the disaster within two months said: “The water was too much, so as the child fell into the water nobody was around. Before we could find him, he was already dead.
Water being pumped out of the flooded First Baptist Church, Miyen Primary School on the right
“The last flood, one died, this one another one has died, if there is anything government can do for us, they should do it. Losing a second child to the flood is too much for me.”
His wife, Doris Suku, in tears and narrating how it happened said: “I was at home when the child went out to play. I thought he was at my brother’s wife’s place. I didn’t see him, so I went to ask them.
“They said he had returned home and I told them, no I haven’t seen him. We looked for him. It was in the morning, we saw him already dead.”
The father of another family, Mr Enoch Kane, recalled the tragic day he lost his daughter.
“She died on August 16. I lost my daughter to the flood. She walked to the backyard, unknowing to me and fell into the the water.
“We looked for her, only to find her in the water, already dead. She was two years old and wasn’t used to swimming.”
However, the community has called on the federal government to urgently direct Chevron Nigeria Limited to dredge the inland waterways, while bemoaning the loss of lives to the flood.
The people- bearing placards with inscriptions such as “no farm, no food because of flood. Government help us; government come to our aid, flood has damaged our properties; flood has damaged all our church instruments,” charged government at all levels as well as the international community to intervene.
Secretary General of Polobubo national council, Mr. Midwest Kukuru, described the development as “agonizing, harrowing and disturbing,” further accusing Chevron of being responsible for the flood disaster.
He explained that the river in the community used to be a “very deep fresh water habitat until few years after the advent of oil companies, particularly Chevron.
“We began to have these problems. This problem is caused by Chevron as a result of the canal that was dug into the Atlantic Ocean.
“The silts from the ocean come through the canal and are deposited in this river. During dry season this river is less than one meter.
“Because it is silted, when the rain falls the water has nowhere to go than to begin to overflow the banks, go into houses and begin to cause problems. This in a nutshell is the cause of it.
“We are appealing to the governments, local, state, federal and even the world, to prevail on Chevron to open up this our river for us.
The supposed jetty point submerged in the flood
“First of all, block that canal that they dug to the Atlantic ocean, then dig the whole of this river. Get it to the normal depth that it was before.
“Then, there are areas they need to fill with sand for this community to relocate to because we have study reports that say that the whole of the community is sitting below sea level.”
The Nation also visited the community’s Cottage Hospital, where the medical director of health facility, Dr. Terry Itimi, said patients had to be moved from the wards and the theatre rendered “not functional”.
“With the way the water is going, sometimes, it is up to knee level in the hospital. Two days ago, we had an emergency surgery for a woman, but due to the unhygienic state of the facility, we couldn’t carry that out. There are other cases we have to refer to urban areas which is very far from here,” the doctor said.
The community’s primary school, Miyen Primary School, was not spared in the onslaught.
Ateacher, Alice Gbalubi, lamented the ordeal that teachers and learners have been subjected to since resumption.
She said: “As you can see, the school is flooded with water. We have resumed but the pupils learn on water.
“They stand because we don’t have chairs as you can see. Before the close of the school, many get colds, fever and vomit.
“Even teachers cannot dress properly because of the water. We don’t wear shoes but walk barefooted.
“Most times, their (pupils) books fall on water and get destroyed. We want government and Chevron to come to our aid.”
Women and youths with different placards in the flooded church.
Pastor of First Baptist Church from where water was being pumped out of at the time of visit, Rev. Kenneth Toruwei, disclosed that the church lost most of its instruments to the ravaging flood and pointed out that a jetty in front of the church building had been submerged in the water.
An elderly man, Patrick Gagha also decried the loss of the once mangrove woods, which he said had “all been driven away by the salt water invasion.”
There are so many celebrities in the Nigerian movie industry who are still not married at 40 years and above.
While some deliberately choose not to tie the knot, others have tried and failed.
Although not married, these women are doing greatly in the entertainment industry.
Here is our list of eight female celebrities who are unmarried at 40 and above
Eniola Badmus (42-yr-old)
Eniola Badmus
Eniola Badmus who turned 42 on Saturday, September 7, 2019 was born in Lagos Nigeria . She had her basic and secondary school education in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state.
She proceeded to the University of Ibadan where she studied Theatre Arts and then Lagos State University where she graduated with an M.Sc degree in Economics
This single actress came into limelight in 2008 after she featured in the film Jenifa, a very successful seasonal show whose main character is played by another popular Nollywood actress Funke Akindele.
Rita Dominic (44-yr-old)
Rita Dominic
Rita Dominic is an award-winning actress who was born on July 12th, 1975.
44-year-old Dominic, was born in a royal family of Nwaturuocha, and was the youngest of four children.
She graduated from the University of Port Harcourt, where she studied Theatre Arts.
Her first movie “A Time to Kill” came out in 1998, and since then Rita Dominic has acted in more than 100 Nollywood productions.
She co-stars with all the most popular Nollywood actors, like Ramsey Nouah, Stephanie Okereke, Mike Ezuruonye, Ini Edo, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Olu Jacobs, and many others.
There were a lot of reports and photos of Rita Dominic getting married.
However, a majority of the photos which the media use as evidence are simply photos from movies , where Rita Dominic plays a bride.
In real life, she is still single. The actress confessed that she wants her future husband to love her for who she is and not because she is famous, and revealed that she would never marry someone because of his riches either.
Kate Henshaw is one of the most popular and talented actresses in Nollywood.
She was born in Cross River State and the oldest of four children. After completing her primary and secondary school in Lagos and Calabar, she spent one year at the University of Calabar reading remedial studies, and then majored in Medical Microbiology at the School of Medical Lab Science, LUTH (Lagos University Teaching Hospital) in Lagos. Henshaw worked at the Bauchi State General hospital. In 1993 Henshaw auditioned for the lead role in the movie When the Sun Sets and was handed the role. This was her first appearance in a major Nollywood movie.
However, not much has been said about her relationships, she was once married to Rod Nattal back in 2000 and the two split. She’s been unmarried ever since then.
Eucharia Anunobi (54-yr-old)
Eucharia Anunobi
Popular Nollywood actress Eucharia Anunobi is a movie producer and pastor.
She was born on May 25th, 1965. Currently, Eucharia is 54 years old. Her birthplace is Owerri, Imo State.
Anunobi has a degree in Mass Communication from the Institute of Management Technology in Enugu.
She further got another education in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she studied the English Language.
Her first prominent role was in the series “Glamour Girls” in 1994. Acting turned out to be the occupation of her life, and she starred in more than 90 other movies, which include her most famous productions “Abuja Connection”, and “Letters to a Stranger”. Now, she serves as a pastor at the church in Egbeda.
Anunobi is not in a relationship. She got married to her first husband, Charles Ekwu, in 2000, but they divorced in 2006. Unfortunately, in August 2017, Anunobi’s son passed away at 15.
Genevieve Nnaji (40-yr-old)
Ace actor, producer and movie director Genevieve Nnaji was born in May 3, 1979.
In 2005, She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in making her the first actor to win the award.
Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria, and grew up in Lagos. She is the fourth of eight children, she was raised in a middle-class family; her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a nursery school teacher. She attended Methodist Girls College (Yaba, Lagos), before transferring to the University of Lagos, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative arts. While at the university, she began auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood.
However, recently, a picture of herself and Lynxxx surfaced online which has sparked loads of questions and guesses, Genevieve does not really disclose her personal life to the media often.
She has a daughter, Theodora Chimebuka Nnaji, whom she gave birth to when she was 17 years old.
Bimbo Akintola (49-yr-old)
Bimbo Akintola
Bimbo Akintola was born on May 5th, 1970 in Ibadan, Oyo State. She dreamed about acting from the young age and successfully completed the Theater Arts program at the University of Ibadan.
The debut movie of Bimbo Akintola was “OWO BLOW”, where she starred together with Femi Adebayo. This movie came out in 1995. Her next big work was “Out of Bounds.”
Critics and fans highly praise the talent of Bimbo Akintola, and she has been awarded multiple times for her ability to portray any character on the screen.
Despite her career successes, Bimbo Akintola was never married, and she did not have any children.
She is strongly against the social stereotype that every successful woman should have a man by her side.
She sees nothing wrong being single and encourages women who want to have biological children to have them regardless of their marital status, as she believes that single mothers can successfully raise their children if they are emotionally and financially stable.
Bukky Wright (52-yr-old)
Bukky Wright
Bukky was born on the 31 March 1967 to a Christian father and Muslim mother in Abeokuta.
She attended the University of Lagos, earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics.
She began her acting career in 1996. She has featured in several Nollywood movies of Yoruba and English languages, including Wale Adenuga’s Television series Super story. Besides acting, she runs a Fashion house and Clothing line, B Collections and a beauty spa, B Wright.
Bukky’s marital life has been a subject of controversy.
Bukky Wright’s first husbands was Gboyega Amu, the marriage brought them, two children. But for some reason, the union was broken, and the actress started a relationship with Rotimi Makinde.
After few years Bukky Wright reportedly began dating famous journalist Femi Davies. The relationship ended after a year, and she moved on.
Bolaji Saheed, a music promoter, reportedly became the fourth husband of the actress, the marriage also ended. After that, she met her fifth husband, US-based Adewale Onitiri, this marriage recently crashed.
Faithia Williams (50-yr-old)
Faithia williams
Faithia Williams popularly known as Faithia Balogun was born on February 5, 1969
She was born in Ikeja in February 1969. Her ancestry is from Okpara, Delta State.
She attended Maryland Primary School and Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School in Lagos state, where she obtained the West African School Certificate before she proceeded to Kwara State Polytechnic where she received a diploma certificate.
She has starred, produced and directed several Nigerian films over the years. In 2008, she won the Africa movie Academy Award for the Most Outstanding Actress Indigenous and her movie Iranse Aje won the best indigenous film of the year.
She was formerly married to veteran nollywood actor, Saheed Balogun.
Their marriage hit rock bottom few and she has remained unmarried ever since.
About 1000 Chinese companies are expected to participate in four exhibitions at the forthcoming Lagos International Trade Fair in November.
Managing Director of MD Perspective Limited, Chief Morenike Dele-Alimi, stated this in Lagos yesterday.
She revealed that Chinese government has approved not less than 200 companies to participate in each of the four exhibition sectors apart from other companies not on government list that will equally be participating.
Alimi said the exhibitions are being organised by United Asia International Exhibition Group, an international and professional fair and pavilion organiser, authorised by the Ministry of Public Security of Peoples Republic of China and subsidised by the Chinese government.
MD Perspectives Nigeria Limited, an indigenous fair and exhibition organising company, is UAEC Special Partner in Nigeria for the purpose of the organisation of the exhibitions.
According to Alimi, Nigerian businesses are currently being sensitised on the opportunities inherent in the trades with China.
Chief Dele-Alimi noted that owing to the vast population and corresponding size of Nigeria’s economy, the country remains an attractive investment destination for global businesses.
She explained that the exhibitions will provide economic and commercial bridges between local and international investors and provide platforms to broaden the horizon and scope of investment opportunities for Nigerians.
“We are glad to note that Nigerian counterparts are being sensitised to participate in the B2B (business to business) events, and are currently being matched with corresponding businesses to ensure that we have short but fruitful business meetings during the events”
“With the continued recognition of the role of the private sector in the economic development in Nigeria and the move by the Nigerian government to transform the nation’s economy, the exhibitions seek to use the medium of trade to support government’s concerted efforts and provide an avenue for both Nigerians and foreigners to have windows of opportunities, not only to interact, but also to strike mutually beneficial business relationships.”
“We are hopeful that not less than 500 Nigerian business people per sector will participate in the various B2B meetings that would be held during the 4-day period. This means at least 2000 Nigerian businesses are being invited for the exhibitions,” she said.
35 year-old Aderinsola Odebunmi is calling on well-meaning Nigerians to help in getting a sum of 5 Million for hip replacement and plastic surgery from her buttocks down to her legs.
Narrating how it all started, Aderinsola who has a sickle cell trait otherwise known as sickler said “It all started when I had swollen legs and I was diagnosed of having sickle cell anaemia when I was a year and a half. Ever since, it has been one crisis or the other. It got worst in 2005 when I had another crisis and it’s more or less as if I’m lifeless, 3 days after I discovered I couldn’t see again as you can see i can no longer see.
“So due to the blood tonic that was given to me then, I lost my sight for a whole year. That was in 2005. The sores and wounds on my leg now it was discovered was as a result of complications of those having sickle cell trait, I’ve been to several hospitals but no cure, rather it’s getting worse Though I was introduced to a doctor but unfortunately the doctor is no longer in the country.
“Then he said the wounds in my body was as a result of some sorts in my blood stream and that I have a swollen vein that was withdrawing pores and ever since some doctors couldn’t diagnose what is exactly wrong. They are just prescribing medicine to treat the wounds. But as you can see it is just getting worse No foundation has raised any fund for me, but my family has been of help, they been assisting in getting money to care for me this far especially my mother. But these family members also have their own family to cater for, the treatment is so overwhelming they they couldn’t find it any longer.
Presently I couldn’t do anything again on my own. This is my 5th year of pains and unending grief, she lamented and she want Nigerians to come to her aid. Speaking with Aderinsola’s mum, who is a retiree, Mrs. Comfort Odebunmi she said “I gave birth to her 35 years ago and when I got married to my husband I never knew anything about SS or AS until when she was a year and a half when she developed swollen legs and I took her to the hospital that was when I got to know that she has sickle cell trait.
“I and her father have been managing the crisis ever since but unfortunately the father died 23 years ago (weeps) and I was left alone to bear the burden. We have spent 4months in Ogun State University Teaching Hospital (OSUTH) after which she lost her sight and she couldn’t walk and when the doctors couldn’t do anything again we were discharged from the hospital. Aderinsola is my last born but she has suffered a lot because she was a sickler, I’ve tried traditional medicine as well all to no avail.
I’ve spent all that I have and today I have nothing I’m appealing to well-meaning Nigerians to support us She need a sum of N6 Million to undergo hip replacement’. Mrs Odebunmi is urging intending couple to go the blood test and know their blood group before they get married ‘and if they have sickle cell trait in their blood I advice them not to get married’, she warned.
A partnership between local residents of Odo-Ogun community on the outskirt of Lagos and a team of Chinese investors may soon bring about infrastructural development and job creation in the rural community located along the Lagos-Ikorodu highway.
According to the details of the deal unveiled yesterday during a stakeholders’ meeting, the investors, led by Mr. Lin Anping, will provide residential houses for the villagers, good roads, hospitals, schools, shopping mall, potable water and other basic amenities as part of the projects tagged ‘Odo-Ogun Castle’.
“Although, this would be my first project in Nigeria, I have done a number of projects in China where I come from. But I have plans to develop this community into a castle which will be named ‘Odo-Ogun Castle’. According to the development project plan, we have made reservation for resident houses for the villagers, good road, hospitals, schools, shopping mall, water corporation, among others, will be built in the Castle,” Anping said at the meeting which was attended by traditional rulers, Community Development Association leaders, youth groups representatives, women leaders, indigenous groups’ leaders and numerous other residents.
Oba Abdullateef Adewale Amodemaja of Maparaland, Agbada, Ogun State, who also attended the meeting, said, “the project is laudable for the development of this community and I am in total support of the development plans. This community has been in a deplorable state over the years and we must endeavour to embrace this opportunity.”
Secretary of the Odo-Ogun Indigenous Progressive Movement Committee set up by the Odo-Ogun community to scrutinise the project proposal, Yusuf Muyideen, said, “the project is one of the best things that will ever happen to us in Odo-Ogun. All residents will benefit immensely from the project because it presents us with employment, economic development and good standard of living for the people.”
The governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said that for the standard of education to be restored to its former glory, access to basic education and merit should be the yardstick.
He said this at the 2019 King’s Week 110th Founder’s Day Lecture organised by King’s College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA) and titled “The founding of King’s College Lagos as a template for government involvement in Education”, which was held at the King’s College School Hall, Lagos, on Saturday.
According to Fayemi who was the guest speaker, “our curriculum development must be based first on access to basic education and secondly, merit should be another major yardstick.”
His words: “Everybody must have access to basic education that will allow students to move to the next level of education and even if such student could not go further, he should be given opportunity to access vocational education, then second is merit.”
He pointed out that for this to be made possible, there is need “for us to do a comprehensive analysis of what our national development is all about in order to have a good standard of education.”
Speaking on steps taken to improve the educational sector in Ekiti State, Fayemi said he has approved and signed the release of five schools in the state to their original owners.
“The aim is to help in reconnecting institutions to those that have the vision and the capacity to run them effectively, it’s a pilot case which we hope will guide the subsequent release of other schools.”
Also speaking on what informed the theme for the anniversary lecture, the Chairman Planning Committee, KCOBA Founder’s Day Anniversary, Mr. Ladi Lawanson, said it is glaring enough that the standard of education is falling and the quality of preparation for the leaders of tomorrow is less than what is desired.
Lawanson enthused: “so that’s why we thought that as an alumni association, as stakeholders in the education sector, as beneficiaries of an educational system that once worked, we had a duty to effect positive changes by speaking on such issues and invite people that had understanding on such issues and are able to influence the outcome and bring about solutions.”
According to Lawanson, this year makes the school a hundred and ten years old, adding that “the objective of setting it up was to mould lives that will become nation builders and even from the array of our Old Boys, King’s College, no doubt, has kept that promise.”
No fewer than 34 people, including 11 Muslims, have benefited from free surgeries by Mercy Angel Hospital, Kaduna.
The surgeries were carried out by volunteer doctors from the United States of America, Wales and Nigeria.
The team also carried out other medical interventions at the outreach sponsored by the Restoration Bible Church and Ministries, Ungwan Romi in Southern Kaduna.
Alhaji Wada Adamu, a resident of Sabon Gari, Tudun Wada Kaduna, never thought he would ever cross over the River Kaduna bridge to the southern part of Kaduna because of the belief that the area is not safe for Muslims.
Yet he needed to take the risk along with his son because he was in dire need of surgery to survive an undisclosed ailment.
He eventually made the plunge and lived to appreciate the outcome.
The General Overseer of the church, Rev. Tunde Bolanta, said the church decided to extend the intervention to the Muslim community to build bridges.
An Islamic scholar, Sheikh Nureni Ashafa, facilitated the involvement of the Muslim community.
Bolanta said the intervention was designed to build bridges of unity between Muslims and Christians.
According to him: “I have personally been burdened that the narrative needed to change regarding the relationship between Christians and Muslims in Kaduna State and the nation at large.
“We must build bridges of hope and friendship across the religious divide, restoring the confidence of the past through people of goodwill.”
The medical intervention, according to him, was sequel to hand of fellowship extended to the Muslim community in Tudun Wada during the Ramadan fast.
He said: “Our partnership with Sheikh Ashafa to give out gifts to 500 persons during Ramadan comprising the aged, widows, orphans and the physically challenged was significant in confidence building for our Muslim community to participate in the medical and surgical intervention.
“Eleven surgeries were successfully carried out for our friends in the Muslim community.
“It was a bold step for them to come into this area for surgery because according to Sheikh Ashafa, Muslims consider this part of the town (southern part of Kaduna metropolis) a red zone while Christians also consider the Muslim part of the city a red zone.”
Bolanta believed that it was possible to rebuild the Kaduna of the past where everyone lived in peace with each other irrespective of tribe or religion.
H said: “We hope that we can build on the friendship for the greater good of society.”
The doctors carried out the 34 surgeries successfully, including a 5hrs 10 minutes hysterectomy of a 9.5 kg Fibroids filled uterus.
For ten days, they carried out free surgeries to beneficiaries who could not afford medical treatment.
Bolanta said over 1000 persons have also benefited from the skill acquisition programme of the church while the orphanage home attached to the hospital has continued to receive Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Sheikh Nureni Ashafa, who led members of the Muslim community in Kaduna to benefit from the intervention, described it as a fulfillment of the directives of God.
He recalled how Restoration Bible Church provided food items for the Muslim community during the last Ramadan fast, pointing out that about 500 people benefited from food items.
Ashafa said the values God will recognise is not how much money you have, but how much you are able to touch people’s lives positively, saying “where are those values that is there in to scriptures?
Ogun State governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has signed into law a bill to have a one-stop shop for investors wishing to establish their companies in the state.
The bill, which is referred to as ‘Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of Ogun State, 2019’, was presented to him for assent by the leadership of the State House of Assembly on Friday.
According to a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kunle Somorin, three other bills also signed into law by the governor included: Ogun State Legislative Fund Management Law, 2019; the Magistrates’ Court (Amendment) Law, 2019 and the Customary Court (Amendment) Law 2019.
With the signing of these bills, the number passed by the State Assembly is now seven. The lawmakers had previously passed the amendment law concerning the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta; the amended Security Trust Fund Law and the State Public Works Agency Bill.
Abiodun lauded the lawmakers for passing the bills, which are in the interest of the people within the first 100days of the inauguration of the 9th Assembly.
The governor said the lawmakers also did well by passing three other resolutions as he also appreciated them for approving his request for N1.5bn loan to facilitate the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme aimed at producing 40,000 agriprenuers, saying that it would enable the state participate actively in national economic growth.
He noted that agriculture was one of the sectors which his administration intended to revolutionise.
While informing members of the state legislature what his administration had been able to do in the last 100 days, Abiodun said sectors like education, health, infrastructure, information technology, security, agriculture and employment are on the front burner. He assured the legislators that all parts of the state would be touched in terms of development.
While pledging that his administration would be inclusive, the governor appreciated the lawmakers for the bills they brought forward and the resolutions, noting that it underscored their commitment to complement the executive arm of government.
Speaking earlier, the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, said the passage of the bills and resolutions was to mark their 100 days in office and to use the opportunity of signing the bills by the governor to hold a caucus meeting with him.
The Lagos State government has urged manufacturers and producers of consumable goods to package their products with biodegradable or recyclable materials to save drainages from blockage and flooding.
State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mr. Moyo Onigbanjo, made the appeal in his welcome address at the tree planting exercise to commemorate the year 2019 International Day of Peace which was held at Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, at the weekend.
The programme with the theme, ‘Climate Action for Peace: Clear Blue Skies’, was spearheaded by the Citizen’s Mediation Centre, CMC, an agency under the state ministry of justice.
Other activities to commemorate the day was the sensitisation of public and stakeholders on opportunities for wealth generation and job creation in the area of waste recycling of biodegradable materials dropped in drainages but picked up by staff of CMC.
According to Onigbanjo, causes of flooding in Lagos are traceable to the disposal of plastic and nylon products which clog drainage channels and results in flooding.
“We have to synergise as a people to ensure that waste products are properly disposed; the year 2019 international day of peace celebration is another opportunity for us, as a people, to be in harmony with nature by ensuring environmental management and conservation for the benefit of our society and future generations.”
The theme, he pointed out, is expected to raise public awareness through enlightenment campaigns and advocacy to the threat posed to human settlements through natural disasters, conflicts, food insecurity, human migration and deforestation.
“We owe it as a duty to sustain our world by adopting and supporting the use of renewable energy and environmentally friendly practices,” Onigbanjo said.
