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The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has called connected the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) to intensify efforts, curb amerciable refining activities, and fortify assemblage engagement successful the Niger Delta region.
The curate who made the telephone yesterday astatine the presumption of the NOSDRA’s Compendium of Achievements and the relaunch of the Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI).
The representation successful Abuja besides advised the Agency to heighten its surveillance to forestall and promptly respond to lipid spill incidents nationwide.
While commending the Agency for its fantabulous show arsenic a top-performing bureau among 500 MDAs successful the 2024 Nigeria Transparency and Integrity Index, the curate urged them to deploy that excellence successful addressing the increasing interaction of artisanal refining successful the Niger Delta region. He stressed that it remains a important concern, accounting for astir 82% of recorded spills, portion instrumentality nonaccomplishment and
operational errors marque up the remaining 18 per cent.
The Minister, who was impressed by the result of the Agency’s presentation, emphasised that the juncture is not conscionable a showcase of advancement but besides a reflection of their corporate committedness and reaffirmation of Nigeria’s resoluteness to support the environment, fortify organization accountability, and uphold the principles of sustainable development.
Lawal said the Compendium and the relaunch of the ESI Map supply a wide and transparent grounds of NOSDRA’s performance, organization growth, and impact, each of which align with the imaginativeness of the Renewed Hope Agenda of His Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“This inaugural is not simply a documentation of achievements but a objection of the Federal Government’s unwavering committedness to evidence-based biology governance. It reinforces our shared determination to institutionalise data-driven decision-making, deepen
environmental accountability, and beforehand sustainable assets absorption crossed Nigeria’s oil-producing regions”, helium said.
“Through the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) and different innovative tools specified arsenic the Oil Spill Monitor, Gas Flare Tracker, and Satellite-Based Methane Emission Tracker, the Agency continues to show innovation, efficiency, and transparency successful managing lipid spill responses.
“I recognize that NOSDRA’s tract achievements during the play nether reappraisal includes: The palmy behaviour of 1,424 Joint Investigation Visits (JIVs); The betterment of an estimated 15,980 barrels of crude lipid from 1,512 recorded spills; and The simultaneous monitoring of large clean-up projects, including Bodo, HYPREP Phase One successful Ogoniland, and others, starring to the issuance of 660 Close retired Certificates”, the curate added.
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