Nasarawa Assembly urges Sule to close manpower gap in Environmental Protection Agency.
Nasarawa Assembly urges Sule to close manpower gap in Environmental Protection Agency.
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has urged Gov. Abdullahi Sule to close the existing manpower gap in the State Environmental Protection Agency.
This, the assembly said, was to ensure the development of the agency via effective service delivery in the state.
Mr Mohammed Omadefu, the Chairman, House Committee on Environment, made the call when the management of the agency appeared before the committee on its ‘Second Quarter 2025 Budget Performance’ on Monday in Lafia.
Omadefu said that the oversight function was to check the activities of the agency for the second quarter of 2025.
He said that closing the manpower gap was essential for optimal productivity and for the overall development of the state.
” I want to urge Gov. Abdullahi Sule to close the manpower gap in this agency for the overall development of the agency and the state at large,” he said.
The chairman assured the agency of support to succeed.
Earlier, the General Manager of the agency, Mr Iliyasu Adeka, said that the agency was saddled with the responsibility of protecting the environment in the state.
” We also do fumigation of pubic and private places in order to ensure that the environment is safe and clean for our people” he said.
Adeka, however, identified under staffing as the major problem affecting the agency.
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Also appeared before the committee was the management of Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL).
Dr Elias Globe, the Project Coordinator, appreciated the committee for supporting the activities of the project to succeed.
He said that ACReSAL was a World Bank-assisted project aimed at addressing the challenges of land degradation and climate change in Northern Nigeria.
He assured of their commitment to continue to initiate projects that have direct impacts on the lives of the people of the state te.
Responding, the chairman of the committee commended ACReSAL for its robust and plausible intervention projects.
He assured of the committee synergy and collaboration with the project for the successful execution of its project.
