The Federal Ministry of Health is partnering with the World Health Organisation, WHO to strengthen stakeholders’ capacity to halt impact of electronic waste exposure on child and public health in Nigeria.
This was the thrust of the ongoing National Stakeholders’ Workshop on Prevention of Impact of Electronic Waste on Child Health in Abuja.
Minister of Health Osagie Ehanire, called for more political commitment from stakeholders towards reversing this trend, saying the country had enough laws and policies to curb the negative impact of electronic waste management.
Ehanire, who was represented by Climate Change and Environmental Health, Shuaibu Bonji, Director, said obsolete electronic equipment was becoming a worldwide problem.
National Consultant, Public Health and Environment, representing WHO Nigeria Country Representative, Edwin Isotu-Edeh, said the meeting would raise awareness on the magnitude of e-waste exposure to human and health.
