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HOMEF @10: Environmental Activist Advocates Safer, Satisfactory Nigeria, Africa
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EditorNnimmo Bassey, the Executive Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has advocated a safe and satisfactory environment suitable for the progress of Nigerians and Africans in general.
He also demanded an end to “destructive extraction no matter the appeal of capital”, in Africa and in Nigeria in particular.
The environmental activist who made the demands in Abuja at the 10th anniversary conference of HOMEF with the theme: ‘Advancing Environmental Justice in Africa’, lamented that Africa is facing multiple ecological challenges which, according to him, have resulted in the “actions of entities that have seen the continent as a sacrificial zone.”
While canvasing for collective effort in the fight against global warming as well as urgent shift from dependency on fossil fuels in Africa, the Executive Director demanded for “climate debt for centuries of ecological exploitation and harms.”
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According to him, Africans must request “remediation, restoration of all degraded territories and pay reparations to direct victims or their heirs.”
He said: “The collective action needed to tackle global warming has been reduced to puny nationally determined contributions that add up to nothing.
He added: “Rather than recognizing and paying a clear climate debt, we expend energy negotiating a loss and damage regime to be packaged as a humanitarian gesture. Pray, who negotiates what is offered as charity?”
Bassey continued: “Today, Africa is facing multiple ecological challenges. All of these have resulted from the actions of entities that have seen the continent as a sacrificial zone.
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“While the world has come to the conclusion that there must be an urgent shift from dependence on fossil fuels, we are seeing massive investments for the extraction of petroleum resources on the continent.”
He added: “And we must say that this investment comes with related infrastructure for the export of these resources out of the continent in a crass colonial pattern. A mere 1 percent of the labour force in the extractive sector in Africa are Africans. A mere 5 percent of investment in the sector is in Africa. More than 85 percent of the infrastructure for fossil gas in the continent is for export purposes.”
The environmental activist lamented: “Extraction of critical minerals for renewable energy is done without prior consultation with and consent of our people.
“The continent’s environment is being degraded just as it has been with the extraction of oil/gas, gold, diamond, nickel, cobalt and other solid minerals. The array of solar panels and wind turbines could well become markers of crime scenes if precautionary measures are not taken now.”
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The environmental activist therefore urged African countries to be committed to issuing an annual “State of Environment Report to lay out the situation of things in their territories”; recognition of “the rights of Mother Earth,” and to recognise the fact that “codify Ecocide as a crime akin to genocide, war crimes and other unusual crimes.”
On food security in the Africa continent, Bassey advocated support and promotion of food sovereignty including adoption of agroecology, and recognition of “our right to water, treat it as a public good, halt and reverse its privatization.”
He also demanded for adoption and promotion of “African cultural tools and philosophies for holistic tackling of ecological challenges and for the healing and wellbeing of our peoples and communities.”
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Bauchi Commissioner Gifts 3 Students Cash For Prompt Resumption, Ability To Read
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EditorThe Bauchi state Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, on Thursday, gave a cash gift of N5,000 each to three Senior Secondary II students of Government Science Secondary School, Misau for their determination to succeed in Education.
Two of the students, Adamu Adamu, Mustapha and Haruna impressed the commissioner for their presence in school in the first day of resumption while Abdullahi Musa marvelled her for his reading ability and comprehension.
According to the commissioner, the gesture was to appreciate their determination to learn as well and motivate other students to emulate them.
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While paying a courtesy visit to the Emir of Misau, Alh. Ahmed Sulaiman, the commissioner disclosed that the Bauchi State government was working with stakeholders from the Misau Emirate to fine-tune modalities of temporarily accommodating the students of Federal Science Technical College, Misau at its Science Secondary School Misau.
She said the college made the request in a letter to the ministry stating that the facility given to them could no longer accommodate their students population, hence the resolve to convene the stakeholders meeting to fine-tune ways of sharing the facility for the betterment of the state.
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She disclosed that government science secondary school Misau, one of the best in the state in terms of befitting facilities has the capacity to accommodate up to five thousand students, but currently houses about three hundred students.
She appreciated the Emir for his continued support to programmes and policies of the government with more emphasis on the education sector.
Speaking on behalf of the Emir and other stakeholders, a retired Director with the Ministry, Muhammad Musa, expressed gratitude to the Commissioner for the honour and promised to assemble critical stakeholders from the emirate so as to arrive at an acceptable decision for the benefit of all and sundry.
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NDIC Obtains Order To Wind Down 96 Microfinance, Mortgage Banks
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EditorThe Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that it has obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 microfinance and primary mortgage banks whose licenses were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria in May 2023.
The Managing Director, NDIC, Bello Hassa, revealed this at a sensitisation seminar for Judges of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday organised by the NDIC, to enlighten the judiciary on the intricacies of the banking industry.
Hassan said, “As at date, the Corporation had obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 Micro Finance and Primary Mortgage Banks whose licenses were revoked by the CBN in May 2023, in less than one Year of revocation.”
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He added that the NDIC was committed to fulfilling its mandate of protecting depositors through bank supervision, failure resolution and liquidation so as to boost confidence in the financial system.
Speaking on the role that the judiciary plays in the fulfillment of the mandate, Hassan said, “We recognise the judiciary as one of our critical stakeholders. With this, when cases are brought before them, they can receive accelerated hearing and proclamation of Justice.”
Citing some of the achievements from previous editions of the seminar, Hassan said that instances where liquidation-related litigations experienced delays were reduced.
Speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria on Thursday expressed support for the National Assembly’s ongoing efforts to alter the 1999 constitution to create state policing in the country.
The Speakers made their resolution known at the end of their meeting in Abuja.
The Senate and House of Representatives are currently working to amend various constitutional provisions, including those regarding state police, financial autonomy for local government, fiscal federalism, and mayoral status for the FCT.
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