The Ogun government says it will continue to promote understanding, especially among youths and residents, that communities are pivotal to attitudinal change towards environmental issues.
Mr Ola Oresanya, Special Adviser to Gov. Dapo Abiodun on Environment, stated this during the state’s celebration of World Environment Day, held in Abeokuta on Tuesday.
The theme of the celebration is ” Only One Earth”.
He stated that there exist only one Earth, saying it required collective responsibility to
preserve it while also ensuring its sustainability for the future generation.
He opined that the government would continue to advocate sustainable partnership with development partners for a safer
and more prosperous future.
“Promote healthier life for future generation and speedy attainment of the sustainable development goals through progressive local actions.
“The world environment day was introduced by world leaders to discuss the
social, political and economic challenges the environment is facing with the
intention of addressing them,” he said.
The special adviser explained that, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Ogun is rapidly
growing to become the most industrialised state in Nigeria.
He noted that the positive development was already threatening the rich biodiversity and impacting the fragile ecosystem adversely.
” It is therefore imperative for us to preserve nature at all cost.
“The World Environment day celebration affords us opportunity to
raise awareness about the most pressing local environmental challenges,” he said.
Oresanya explained that the state government would stimulate citizen’s education on the negative effects of their actions on the
Environment.
In his submission, the Guest Lecturer, Prof. Oladele Osibanjo, noted that human played part in causes of climate change.
Osibanjo, represented by Dr. Olumide Onafeso, explained that it was important to play serious attention to climate change, saying that it remained the greatest challenge to the health of mankind.
High point of the celebration was the presentation of award of recognition to deserving company’s and industries located in the state.
