A mild drama ensued on Wednesday at the House of Representatives when some members of the House Committee on Environment queried the competency of the Director-General of the National Environmental Standard and Regulatory Agency (NESRA), Ngeri Bonebo over her inability to detect entrants of toxic waste into the country.

Worried by the revelations and denials by the DG before the lawmakers, Sokonte Davies, (PDP, Rivers) declared that Bonebo had shown some acts of incompetence in her duties since she seemed not to live up to the prescriptions of the acts setting up her agency.

Bonebo, however, was quick to clarify with the words, "with all sense of humility, I beg to disagree that I am not competent in my job. I do my job with all sense of professionalism and I try to do my best within the confines of my office."

This statement however caused a smart and shallow attempt by members to withdraw the statement hailing the DG as their best partner.

Bonebo, who before the committee denied presence of harmful toxic wastes in the country said what were dumped were unserviceable electronic components imported by traders at the Alaba International market.

She explained that the unserviceable products were materials such as TV, computer and radio sets brought into the country through the nation's ports to be sold as second-hand products to end users, adding however that her agency had no manpower at the ports to monitor their entrants.