Uduaghan blames Delta flooding on tree felling
Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan
| credits: File copy
| credits: File copy
Delta
State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said indiscriminate cutting
of trees by indigenes was responsible for the 2012 flood disaster in the
state.
The governor said the state had put in
place legal structures that would enhance proper tree felling mechanisms
that would reduce the effects of climate change.
Uduaghan said this at a stakeholders’
forum on Territorial Approach to Climate Change, with the theme, ‘Delta
Beyond Oil-Opportunities In Climate Change’, in Asaba, according to a
statement on Tuesday.
He said, “It breaks my heart when people
cut down trees. We should as much as possible try to preserve the trees
as they do more for the environment than just provide sheds. Though the
2012 flood disaster was devastating, it was a blessing in disguise as
it has created awareness that climate change is real and all hands must
be on deck to stop further degradation of the environment.
“Putting up proper legal structures will
ensure that government is properly guided to continue with efforts to
make the environment friendly and enable the state government access
funds from international agencies to develop quick-win projects to
reduce the effect of climate change on Deltans.”
The governor, who inaugurated the Delta
Schools Climate Club, charged the pupils to take the climate change
awareness campaign to the people, noting that no native doctor could
stop the impacts of climate.
CULLED FROM:
PUNCH NEWSPAPERS
July 17, 2013 by Sodiq Oyeleke
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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