By Chuks Oyema-Aziken, Glasgow
The Kogi State Government has held meetings at the ongoing United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties COP26 to woo investors on green economy.
The State Commissioner of Environment, Hon. Victor Omolafiye told press men in Glasgow that to boost it’s drive in making the state clean, the PPP initiative in waste management is already yielding success.
He said that the PPP Initiative is to allow the people buy into the state cleaning process.
He said that the initiative is one of several policies of the government under the leadership of Governor Yahaya Bello to make the environment habitable for the people.
He disclosed that the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has been taken over by the state to consolidate on it’s success.
Hon. Omofaiye stated that the government will through the agency continue to tackle ecological problems in the state.
The Commissioner said that ecological problems in the state capital, Lokoja and majority of the local government areas have received the intervention of the state government.
Kogi is one of the states that has received commendation for the success of NEWMAP activities in the state.
