The House of Representatives committee on environment has pledged to address environmental degradation through legislation and policy review.
The Chairman of the committee, Julius Pondi, who made the remark at the National Assembly, said environment had been subjected to very unkind conditions and that constituents are suffering the consequences.
According to him, there is need for immediate transformational changes in every sector to ensure a change.
“Flood, pollution, erosion, deforestation, and all kinds of disaster is on the increase as the years go by and this calls for urgent steps to be taken to forestall further degradation. Globally, countries are making frantic efforts to salvage and remedy what is left in their environment and I am glad to say that Nigeria is following suit. On our part as a Committee, we shall be looking into laws that need to be amended and policies that have outstayed their relevance and see how we can bring about positive changes and solution to the challenges staring at us”, he stated.
Pondi added that the committee shall discharge its mandate with all sense of responsibility, guided by the legislative agenda of the 10th assembly.
