Leadership (Abuja)
Michael Oche
3 August 2008
Association for Truth and Justice (ATJ) chairman, Alhaji Musa Maigida Abdu, has urged the federal government to urgently embark on a comprehensive feasibility study to address the issues of desertification, afforestation and dredging of rivers in the northern part of the country.
Abdu said Nigeria risked being adversely affected by the global climate change if urgent and proactive steps are not taking to address the issue.
In an interview with reporters in Abuja yesterday, the ATJ chairman lamented that, "Experts have said that Lake Chad has shrunk to less than 10 per cent or 2000 square kilometres of its original capacity and this has affected about 13,000,000 people of four countries which are Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger."
He stressed that Nigeria's ecosystem is affected by the ravaging sahara desert, adding that unless urgent steps are taking, the effects would increase significantly in the nearest future.
He urged the federal government to set up a committee comprising experts to study the problem and come out with a report to curtail the effects.
Speaking on the allegation that the power probe committee of the National Assembly had been compromised with a bribe of N100m, Alhaji Abdu said it was good that Nigerians have decided to investigate the investigators, but called for restraints until the reports are released.
In his words, "I don't believe in rumours and fictions. Nigerians should exercise restraint in jumping to conclusion that the power probe will never see the light of the day."
According to him, electricity generation in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has improved tremendously.
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