Do You Know Where Your Grilling Charcoal Comes From?
Nigeria’s forests are being decimated to make charcoal for cookouts in Europe and the United States.
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Charcoal production in Lagos, Nigeria
Two men dropped their tools and fled on foot from an
approaching motorbike. They abandoned their own motorcycle, yellow jugs of
water, two hoes, and several charred lumps of wood. Nearby, wisps of smoke leaked
from soil mounds. Further afield lay bare roots of freshly felled trees. They had
been making charcoal, the same way people have done for years, stretching back
into prehistory: Cut down trees; gather the logs and branches into piles; cover
The National Council on Environment has advocated a shift from the resource extraction and consumption-based economy of Nigeria to a model that will focus on reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling materials to boost growth.
The council said such an environmentally friendly model will guarantee the de-carbonization and mitigation of climate change for long term sustainability.
The council comprising of Commissioners of Environment from the 36 states of Nigeria, the Ministry of Environment, its MDAs and parastatals, arrived at the resolution during a meeting on “Managing Emerging Environmental Challenges: Need for Strategic Approach to Sustainable Development in Covid-19 Era and Beyond”.
A communiqué at the end of the meeting tasked the federal government to ensure its environmental management and protection effort empowers vulnerable groups and creates jobs through waste to wealth projects, afforestation and reforestation as well as agro-based, smart agriculture.
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The offices include those in the country and abroad.
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the announcement at a meeting with the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).
”I am declaring a zero-tolerance stance to all forms of touting. No applicant will be made to pay any illegitimate fees.
”We are going to embed security operatives, seen and unseen, in all our passport offices. They will wear body cameras”, he said.
The agents will detect and report any form of solicitations, inflation, improper communications, extortion, diversion, hoarding and others.
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Following acts of terrorism against innocent people carrying out their legitimate businesses in Zamfara, the State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has ordered for immediate closure of some markets in the State.
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The federal government has urged stakeholders to ensure the use of natural resources and clean technology to mitigate changes in the environment necessitated climate change.
Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Sagir El Mohammed, noted that natural resources could serve as a tool for environmental sustainability and ecosystems restoration.
Ikeazor, who emphasised the need for clean technologies to meet Nigeria’s emission reduction target, made the call as part of activities to mark the 2020 World Earth Day.
The Minister explained that climate change remains the biggest threat to the future of humanity and the support systems that make the world habitable.