… As LASG set for 9th Climate Change Summit***
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says its academy will be organizing a four-week summer school for children between the ages of eight to 13 on effective waste management.
This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs. Folashade Kadiri, LAWMA’s Director, Public Affairs, on Wednesday in Lagos.
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The statement quoted the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, as saying that the summer school was aimed at grooming the younger generation on the need to imbibe a positive mindset on environmental issues during the holiday.
“The summer school programme is designed to educate children from a tender age on the concept of waste and environmental management.
“The school seeks to raise ambassadors for a cleaner and healthier environment with seasoned facilitators in a conducive learning environment.
“This will help to groom children as responsible environmental advocates while providing other fun-filled activities to aid the learning process,” Odumboni said.
He urged parents and guardians to use the opportunity presented by the long vacation in school to enroll their children and wards for participation in summer school.
The statement also quoted the Team Lead of the Academy, Mrs Elizabeth Ademola, as saying that the programme was structured to simplify the concepts of waste and environmental management to children.
Ademola added that the goal was to ensure that every child had sufficient and holistic knowledge of issues bordering on environmental sustainability.
“Being an educative/social forum, we have designed various activities such as, classroom lessons, quiz competitions, essay competitions, debates, indoor and outdoor games.
“Impromptu speeches, excursions, video games, culinary classes, field trips and excursions, researches and experiments on waste management, career talks and lots more,” Ademola said.
She said that registration for the free summer school program would end on July 29.
The summer coaching will commence on Aug. 1 to August 26, at LAWMA’s headquarters at Ijora-Olopa, a suburb of Lagos.
In the meantime, the Lagos State Government says it is set for the ninth edition of its Climate Change Summit.
The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, stated this at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos ahead of the summit.
According to Bello, the summit, which will take place from Aug. 2 to Aug. 3, will be action-oriented because the government has decided to do things differently.
Bello said that for the government to achieve a robust summit, it co-opted the Organised Private Sector (OPS) from the planning stage to the delivery of the Summit.
“This is in recognition of the impact of the OPS to economic growth in Lagos and our resolve to mainstream climate action in the next phase of the developmental agenda in Lagos state.
“It is also an affirmative action in the support of the role of the private sector in mitigating the effects of climate change,” Bello said.
He said that the theme of the 2022 edition of the Summit is “Integrating Climate Actions in Lagos State Development; Investment Opportunities and Trade-offs”.
According to him, the theme demonstrates the effect of climate action on the state and how new vistas of opportunities can be developed.
News Conference on the forthcoming 9th Lagos State Climate Change Summit in Lagos. L-R: Mr Lekan Shodeinde, Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services, Ministry of Environment & Water Resources; Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tunji Bello; Dr Omobolaji Gaji, Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Ministry of Environment and Consultant on Climate Change, Prof. Babajide Alo, at a news conference on the forthcoming 9th Lagos State Climate Change Summit in Lagos on Wednesday (27/07/22)
The commissioner said that the state government inaugurated the Lagos State Climate Action Plan at the eighth edition of the summit in 2021.
He said that the projected agenda embedded in that plan was aimed at charting a course towards achieving net zero emissions; that is zero carbon emission in Lagos by 2050.
He added that the state hopes to achieve zero carbon emission through the provision of impact-oriented actions across various sectors of the economy.
“What this simply means is that we have to accelerate the development of a green economy in the state by exploring innovative climate solutions and mobilizing various resources required to achieve the target,” Bello said.
He said that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will be the Special Guest of Honour at the summit.
The commissioner said that the lead paper, titled “Financing Transformative Climate Action for Lagos State”, would be delivered by Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke.
Okereke is the Director of the Center for Climate Change and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi.
Bello enjoined all stakeholders, development partners, and investors to join Lagos as partners in progress towards achieving green and sustainable economic growth in Lagos.
The commissioner expressed optimism that the summit will create a sustainable environment for future generations.
The newsmen report that other dignitaries present at the conference included the Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services, Lagos State, Mr. Lekan Shodeinde, and the Consultant on Climate Change, Prof. Babajide Alo.
Also in attendance was Dr. Omobolaji Gaji, Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Ministry of Environment.
