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NESREA warns against cutting of trees without replacement

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The State Coordinator of National Environmental Standards & Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) in Kwara, Mr. Martins Enenwaene, has warned that cutting of trees without replacement leads to ecological imbalance.

Enenwaene gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ilorin on Monday.

He said that massive deforestation contributed to the destruction of properties by heavy storm.

The NESREA boss said the state had faced different flood cases which were later traced to not having enough trees.

Enenwaene said that, “NESREA is working in conjunction with Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) to orientate the public on environmental control.’’

“Kwara State Government is working hard to prevent flood by constructing drainages, burning sites and renovating Asa River,’’ he said

Enenwaene said that dumping of refuse indiscriminately would also lead to uncontrollable erosion.

“Individuals and industries are fond of dumping refuse indiscriminately and that leads to environmental risk,’’ he said.

The NESREA boss, however, appealed to the public not to cut trees unnecessarily to avoid erosion.

Nigeria Rules Out Cutting Oil Production In Isolation Of OPEC

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Nigeria said wednesday it would not cut oil production outside the framework of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), even as nose diving crude prices caused by a global supply glut have ravaged its revenue.

US crude oil prices fell below $30 a barrel on Tuesday, prompting Nigeria, an OPEC member country, to call for an emergency meeting to address collapsing prices that have drained the coffers of Africa’s largest economy.

Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, said in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday that he expected an extraordinary meeting of the global oil cartel in “early March” to discuss the continued plunge in prices.

His push for an emergency meeting was however opposed by the United Arab Emirates, which like Saudi Arabia has resisted calls for production cuts by the oil cartel in order to retain market share.

But until the meeting is formally confirmed, Nigeria can do little in response to the collapsing price of crude, said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) head of marketing, Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari.

“Nigeria cannot stop the prices of crude from going down,” he told AFP in Abuja.

“The easiest thing to do is to control production but Nigeria can only do that through the OPEC framework and the last OPEC meeting did not agree to cut down production.

“So influencing the price through production is now out of the question.”

Saudi-led Gulf exporters within OPEC have so far refused to cut production to curb sliding prices, seeking to protect their market share despite a heavy blow to their revenues.

Credit: ThisDay