FG Sues For Support To Address Climate Change

The Federal Govern
ment has called for the collective efforts of all Nigerians to address the problems of climate change.
A Director in the Federal Ministry of Environment Port Harcourt, Mr. Abbas O. Suleiman, said this during an Environmental Impact Assessment review meeting of the proposed Port Harcourt Turning Basin Project in Port Harcourt.
Mr. Suleiman, who represented the Minister of State for Environment at the meeting said that the problem of climate change requires the collective efforts of all Nigerians to address it.
He also charged the people of Isaka community to ensure cooperation with the contractor, Bonny Channel Company for the realization of the project.
The director also tasked the company to ensure that the proposed project does not have adverse environmental consequences for the affected communities of Port Harcourt and Isaka and others, while the people be carried along as far as employment opportunities are concerned.
He also called on the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to work with the dredging company to ensure the success of the project.
Earlier, the Acting General Manager Technical, Bonny Channel Company (BCC) Mr. Dadda Franklin, said that the company will ensure that communities in the area are carried along in the execution of the project.
He said that the project will improve the socio economic fortunes of the host communities and called for support from the Federal Government in the area of security.