APC Chieftain Urges Gov AbdulRazaq To Move Against Forest Violators To advert Disaster
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has been advised to take practical and decisive actions against those who incessantly abuse our forest resources, leading to deforestation with its potential environmental disasters in the State.
Giving this advice in a press statement was Comrade Abdul-Rahoof Bello-Làbẹ́làbẹ́, an APC stalwart in the state at a special prayers organised to mark his 70th birthday in Ilorin.
He expressed worries at the rate at which our forest resources were been depleted with reckless abandon by wood workers and charcoal producers, who fell the trees without replacement as required by the extant Environmental Protection Laws in the country.
Alhaji Abdul-Rahoof Bello-Làbẹ́làbẹ́ noted that the indiscriminate felling of Economic trees and killings of wildlife in our forest was responsible for abnormal and adverse climate change, leading to destructive rainstorm that we witness every year in the State.
Comrade Bello advised Governor AbAbdulRazaq to intensify efforts on his government’s tree planting programme he embarked upon in partnership with the Nigeria Conservation Foundation in 2022, which was aimed at planting 2.5million trees by 2047.
He urged the Governor to as a matter of deliberate policy and urgency, embark on public enlightenment to secure the Traditional Rulers’ support for the campaign at the grassroots. No deforestation exercise can take place in any town without the knowledge of the community leaders.
The APC Chieftain urged the State government to stop its ‘gentleman’ attitude towards any offender of Environmental Protection Laws, no matter how highly placed. They should be treated as criminals for the great havoc they wreck on human existence.
Comrade Bello-Làbẹ́làbẹ́ concluded by thanking all the well-wishers who contributed to the success of his low-keyed birthday celebration, which was held in Ilorin.
*Comrade Abdul-Rahoof Bello-Làbẹ́làbẹ́, is a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State.
April 21, 2024*
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