The Nigerian government has revealed the River Niger is drying up
The FG along with countries bordering the River Niger have approved an environmental audit of the river
The audit when completed will reportedly help save the river
According to the Nigerian government, there are fears that the River Niger is drying up, the same way Lake Chad did. The federal government along with countries bordering the River Niger have approved the environmental audit of the river, in order to see a way to save it.
Mrs Florence Anyanwu the Acting Auditor of the Federation (AuGF), while addressing journalists at the end of the 6th Annual Meeting of African Organization to Supreme Audit Institutions Working Group on Environmental Audit (AFROSAI WGEA) in Abuja, Tuesday, September 13 revealed the new development.
She also revealed that “talks are ongoing on the cooperative environmental audit project on River Niger by Niger Basin Authority consisting of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’ Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria.”
The environmental audit of River Niger when completed will afford the governments the information they need to save the river from further deterioration as well as ensure its continued benefit to bordering communities.
It was also revealed that “citizens have increasingly expected that organizations that hurt the environment be held accountable for their actions, with many citizens feeling that government declarations concerning the environment and sustainable development should be subject to independent audits to assess the extent to which they are implemented.”
According to The Nation, the Nigerian minister of environment Mrs Amina Mohammed while speaking said: “Environmental auditing is an essential component of sustainable environmental management as it provides the mechanism for allowing government to know what has gone wrong over time and highlights the need for urgent policy action.
“Our environment is our sustenance and unless we care for our environment, our lives will be at risk. Unless we have a clear knowledge of what is happening to our environment, we may not be able to make appropriate policies for sustainable environmental management.”
Meanwhile, Amina Mohammed recently revealed the FG’s plan for development.
In a statement made available to NAIJ.com, that Nigeria, like most countries around the world faces vast investment needs for the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon and climate resilient economy and the government has made it clear that private sources of finance are needed for tapping into the international capital markets, as well as domestic capital is crucial.
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