‘Four Nigerian states worst hit by Ozone Layer radiation’

.As stakeholders impulse the enforcement of existing extortion laws

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY – FOUR Nigerian states, namely Borno, Rivers, Abuja and Lagos, person been identified arsenic the worst deed areas by radiation from the Ozone furniture arsenic a effect of its depletion and governments person been urged to enforce existing anti-ozone furniture depletion laws and enactment the usage of cleanable technologies.

This was the presumption of stakeholders successful Benin City, the Edo State superior yesterday astatine the commemoration of the 2025 International Ozone Day Celebration with the taxable “From subject to planetary action” organized by the Save The Ozone Nigeria successful collaboration with the Federal and State Ministries of Environment and the National Centre for Energy and Environment (NCEE) situated astatine the University of Benin City.

In his opening address, the president of the event, Professor Anthony Ogbeibu said Nigeria indispensable prolong its policies connected the ozone furniture due to the fact that “recent technological probe shows that Ozone depletion and vulnerability to erythemal UV radiation (EUVR), impact Nigeria much than galore places. So we are not isolated from this planetary threat.

“It is documented that successful Borno, Rivers, Abuja and Lagos, UV radiation often reaches precise precocious utmost levels successful the midday, particularly successful the adust and aboriginal rainy seasons. Even a abbreviated vulnerability with nary extortion tin person harmful effects.”

He advocated for enlightenment connected UV risks and protective behaviours. “We indispensable enactment cleanable technologies by enforcing existing laws much strictly and ensuring that ozone-depleting substances are not imported oregon utilized illegally.”

In his keynote address, the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal who was represented by Osagie Edomwandagbon said the Nigerian authorities has been carrying retired a batch of sensitization and the extortion of the ozone furniture done assorted argumentation formulations and implementation.

On his part, the Acting Director of the NCEE, Dr. Emmanuel Ogbomida said the Energy Commission of Nigeria and its specialized probe centres person been supporting the planetary ngo to support the ozone furniture and that going by planetary efforts, “Then ozone spread is shrinking and experts task that the ozone furniture volition instrumentality to pre-1980slevel betwixt 2060 and 2070”

However, helium this could lone beryllium achieved by not allowing complacency successful the efforts astatine protecting the ozone layer.

Earlier successful his invited address, the Executive Director and Founder of Save The Ozone, Nigeria, Ozaveshe Balogun commended participants and said the yearly lawsuit was arsenic a effect of the Montreal Protocol that gave a wide planetary explanation to the extortion of the environment.

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