The Deputy Minority leader, house of representatives, Rt. Hon. Toby Okechukwu has stated that Nigeria is currently suffering a lot of environmental inadequacies.

This, he said while supporting the bill on environmental trust fund, during a plenary session.

In his speech, he said, “this bill for an act to establish the environmental trust fund charged with the responsibility for imposing tax, managing and disbursing the funds for environmental reservation, restoration, conservation, research, Education and other related matters.”

“I believe that issues pertaining to the environment is very important in this country, if we go back, you will appreciate that Nigeria is presently suffering from  the consequences of the impact on our environment.”

“Talking about farmers, people who are engaged in animal husbandry, herders etc. The massive migration are all related to the environment. We need to pay serious attention, if we do not indirectly undermine it. This a good principle.”

“The point is that it is important that we align it with other existing structures, because from all indications, the source of the funding is tax.  Then we need to ascertain from which way is this ecological fund, functioning. There needs to be a realignment.”

“If the source of funding had been ecological funding, it would have been very prudent. There isn’t a clear modus operandi for the ecological fund. During interrogation, there is no act to fine the man’s construction on the face, until it is unbowelled, unveiled. It should be interrogated because the issue of environment needs to be taken seriously in Nigeria. 

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“The devastation of erosion which largely goes down in the southeast, south-south has pollution, there is no regulation that is posed to oil devastation.”

“We need to get an approach to this by getting experts, public to interrogate the principles and associated prohibitions of the law.”

Having stated all these in acceptance of the bill, the Lawmaker suggested that the bill passes a second reading.