Edo State Governor Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated the ‘Clean and Green Edo’’ Committee saying it will serve as one of the key planks to drive environmental reforms in the state.
Inaugurating the members of the committee at Government house in Benin City, Obaseki noted that the state needed to be clean and conducive for investors to do business.
He tasked the committee to come up with sustainable implementable plans that would be easily keyed into by members of the public. He said the committee would be involved in evacuation of waste, come up with sustainable strategies to convert waste to electricity and organic fertilizer and get people in the state to plant trees.
Other mandate is to promote establishment of gardens and parks as well as make most areas of the state green.
The governor urged the committee to come up with an implementable action plan before Sept 1, this year.
In his remarks, the chairman of the committee, Commissioner of environment and sustainability, Mr. Reginald Okun said the ‘Clean and Green Edo’ Initiative was a well taught out strategy that citizens in the state would love to key into.
Okun said that his ministry would ensure prompt monitoring of activities of the committee.
Other Members of the committee were drawn from ministries of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Physical Planning and Urban development, Energy and Water resources and Office of the state government.
(Observer)
