Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje has said that the government would partner with Environmental Management Association of Nigeria EMAN to prevent and ameliorate various environmental predicaments facing the state.
Ganduje, represented by the state Commissioner of Environment, Kabiru Getso, said this at the EMAN 2021 annual conference in Kano.
He noted that the government had recruited 1,000 sanitation vanguards to ensure strict compliance with environmental laws.
The governor said that massive desilting was ongoing to address major and minor drainages in the state to prevent flooding.
Ganduje commended EMAN for holding the conference in Kano and urged them to probe into different environmental challenges facing the different geo-political zones of the country and proffer solutions.
The Director-General DG, National Environmental Standards and Regulations Agency NESREA Aliyu Jauro, said the agency had implemented the extended producer responsibility EPR programme in Nigeria.
