Communities have been urged to join hands with government to protect state environment from erosion devastation.
Speaking in Awka, the Vice President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene said erosion prevention and control should be a collective responsibility of government and the people. Paul Ezeoke has details.
Chief Okeke Ogene commended Governor Chukwuma Soludo for banning sand mining in Oko Community and urged leaders and stakeholders in the area to ensure strict enforcement of the order and stressed the need to extend similar orders to other communities challenged by erosion.
He regretted that over one hundred and sixty communities in the state are battling one type of erosion or another which he noted has continued to limit the state land mass as well as remained serious threat to life and property.
Chief Okeke Ogene cautioned against indiscriminate bush burning and cutting of trees and enjoined contractors handling road projects to ensure linking of drainages to proper discharge points while property developers should provide enough spaces for grasses and trees.
He called on federal government, World Bank and other international
organisations and agencies to support efforts of the state government to tackle menace of erosion and protect the future of the state.
Also speaking, a community leader, Chief Innocent Akabueze urged communities to form committees and tasks force that would help to protect the environment from abuse.
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