CSO Builds Capacity For Communities On Ecosystem Restoration

As lipid multinationals divest their assets successful the Niger Delta region, a civilian nine organisation, Kabetkache Women Development Resource Centre, has embarked connected capableness gathering for section communities that are impacted by lipid contamination connected however to dainty their soil, portion waiting for due remediation.

The two-day training, which took spot successful Port Harcourt, the superior of Rivers State, attracted participants from Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, and Rivers states.

Speaking with journalists soon aft a applicable league astatine a remediation tract astatine Baraliagbo, Norkpo community, Tai section authorities area, enforcement director, Kabetkache Women Development Resource Centre, Dr. Emem Okon, emphasised women’s relation successful remediation, noting that they are mostly impacted by pollution.

“We were connected a training, learning what remediation is and however to transportation it out. And also, uncovering out, is determination thing the assemblage tin prosecute in, is it thing women tin prosecute in? And wherefore are we doing this? We person been campaigning and advocating for biology remediation successful the Niger Delta.

“We person campaigned against the pollution, we person campaigned for ecosystem restoration and we besides cognize that women person captious roles to play successful protecting the situation and besides to beforehand biology sustainability.

“So this is portion of the process of enhancing what we person been doing, gaining capacity, gaining knowledge, acquiring skills connected however to lend to ecosystem restoration. So that is wherefore we person to instrumentality this measurement to learning more, and what tin we bash arsenic civilian nine organisations, what tin we bash arsenic communities. So we person gone done this with NOSDRA yesterday, having the schoolroom discussions, and contiguous being successful the tract to observe however it’s being done,” she said.

Okon mentioned that the programme is the opening of a bid of trainings for communities. “This 2 days is not capable but it’s conscionable the opening of a process. So much actions volition travel due to the fact that you cannot accidental wrong 48 hours you person larn each determination is astir remediation. This is conscionable an introductory aspect. So expect much actions, expect much activities and demonstrations wrong the communities,” she stated.