Minister pledge commitment to quality Environment

By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja

The newly appointed, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment, Mr Udi Udom has affirmed his commitment to contribute to the on-going efforts at securing a quality environment through the promotion of sustainable use of natural resources.

He stated this in Abuja, the nation’s capital while taking over from Sharon Ikeazor who is now deployed to the Niger Delta Ministry as Minister of State, Mr. Udom stressed that environmental issues deserve a prominent response in national development.

According to him “a lot of achievements have been recorded in the Ministry of Environment, particularly in the area of Climate Change Mitigation, the Ogoniland Clean-up exercise and erosion control project, amongst others. Working with the Honourable Minister and the Management Staff of the Ministry as well as Chief Executive Officers of Agencies under the Ministry, I will contribute my quota to ensure that Mr President’s agenda is achieved in the Environment Sector”.

Mr Udom however commended the former Minister of State for Environment, Sharon Ikeazor for her contributions to the environment sector, assuring her that he would continue with the ongoing projects and planned programmes of the Ministry.

In her remarks, Ikeazor urged the management staff of the Ministry to extend the same unalloyed support given to her to the new Minister of State.

She noted that she will continue to collaborate with the Federal Ministry of Environment, particularly in the area of the ongoing Ogoniland clean-up exercise in the Niger Delta Region.