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The Bayelsa State Government has inaugurated a five-man committee to draft a blue-print for the Bayelsa Decade of Ecosystem Restoration.
The commissioner for Environment, Mr. lselema Gbaranbiri, inaugurated the committee on Thursday, July 8, 2021 in his office at the New Secretariat Complex, Ovom, in Yenagoa, the state capital.
Gbaranbiri charged the committee members to bring to bear their wealth of experience and professionalism in carrying out the task, adding that they were carefully selected and that the state was looking up to them.
According to the commissioner, their mandate was to draft a ten-year programme outcome document on Ecosystem Restoration for Bayelsa State, from 2021-2030, to align with the United Nations Decade plans on Ecosystem Restoration as directed by the state governor, Sen. Douye Diri. He added that they are expected to complete the task of formulating the required document on or before September 15, 2021.
Chairman of the committee, Mr. Hephzibah Soubo, who is the regional director, African Trade Centre, Niger Delta region, thanked the commissioner for finding them worthy for the assignment and promised to follow the United Nations guidelines as well as consult with relevant agencies to deliver on the job.
Mrs. Omieyeman Odigie-Emannuel, of the Centre for Human Rights & Climate Research would serve as secretary of the committee, while other members are Mr. Cyprian Abasi, of the Institute of Biodiversity Climate Change & Watersheds, NDU; Mr. Ere Wakedei and Mr. Festus Egba, directors of the departments of Climate Change and Forestry respectively in the Ministry of Environment.
In attendance at the inauguration ceremony was the permanent secretary of the Environment Ministry, Mr. Waripamo Martin, directors of various departments in the ministry, among others.
