Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has been granted the hosting right of the 57 international conference of the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society.
The conference holds in 2021. Chairman of the Port Harcourt chapter of the society which comprises Rivers and Bayelsa States, Mr Prosper Jeremiah Ogbunie who disclosed this during a courtesy call on the General Manager of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation (RSNC), Mr. Vincent Ake in his office said that the hosting right was granted during the 56 conference at Enugu.
Ogbunie said that the visit was aimed at creating partnership with the media with a view to not only publicising the forthcoming conference but creating awareness on the activities of Geoscientists in the society.
According to him, Geoscientists are specialists in flood control, road construction, forecasting of major disasters such as earth tremor, earth quake amongst others.
He said that the application of the knowledge of Geo-scientists will be useful in all human endeavour.
Responding, the General Manager of the Rivers State Newspaper Corporation, Mr. Vincent Ake thanked the society for recognizing the pioneering role of The Tide Newspaper in information dissemination.
Ake further said that as experts, in disaster prevention and control, the importance of the society cannot be over emphassised.
He however, stressed the need for them to ensure that their activities are made known to both the government, multinational corporations and even the rural folks.
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