Delivering a paper titled: “Managing Our Environment for a Sustainable and Secure Future” during a two-day National Conference on Environment in Abuja on the 20th of May, 2013, the wife of the former governor said environment-related issues have become one of the most topical matters in the world agenda today.
She explained that evidence has shown that the impacts of environmental crisis have become major threats to the survival and sustainable development of humanity. According to her, “Several publications have identified Africa as the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Africa is be-deviled with a considerable number of challenges like poverty, diseases etc, and the continent has been identified to be the least able to cope with the impacts of climate change.”
“In order to decide what actions we should take it is crucial to have the best possible information on what we actually know for sure about our environment, climate change and its projected effects. We must then take conscious steps at the national, state, local and even at personal level to reduce the ever-growing risks associated with climate change.”
The wife of the former governor said communiqué and recommendations emanating from conferences/workshops on environment should be treated with utmost sense of urgency and a time-line for programme of action/implementation should be put in place. In her welcome address, the Chairman House Committee on Environment, Hon. Uche Ekwunife said protecting the environment is the responsibility of all stakeholders. We all clearly understand how the environment underpins all social and economic development, past, present and future. When the environment is abused and neglected,poverty and instability follow. When it is nurtured, well being and prosperity flourish. We live in a time of profound transformation. The challenges are enormous.”We have gotten to a point where business as usual is no more an option. This conference can be the guiding light we need to navigate to a more prosperous, equitable and sustainable environmental growth,” she said. The conference was declared open by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal who was represented by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila. Papers were also delivered by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State; his Kogi State counterpart, Idris Wada, Minister of Environment, Hajiya Hadizah Mailaifia amongst others.
In line with her quest to protect the environment, Mrs. Amosun was actively involved in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, creating awareness on the maintain cleanliness and ensuring personal hygiene.
She was at different places in the State monitoring peoples’ compliance to environmental sanitation exercise and encouraging them to always come out en masses and clean up their environment.
