Bala Mohammed Seek Support to Overcome Environmental Challenges in the State

Bauchi State Governor, His Excellency Sen. Bala Mohammed has seek for the support of the Federal Ministry of Environment as part of his administration's desire to overcome the environmental challenges facing the State.

HE made the request when he paid advocacy visit to the Minister, Dr Muhammad Mahmoud in his office.

Governor Bala Moh’d who enumerated the environmental challenges facing the state to the Minister, said working in close collaboration will assist towards addressing the situation

According to him, the state government under his leadership is ever ready and willing to work with the ministry so as to benefit from its environmental interventions.

"The Honourable Minister Sir, FG is working considering the caliber of people heading its various positions,

we are confident that you will take Nigeria to the next level of development.

"I want to congratulate you on your well deserved appointment, we know your capacity to deliver, environment is about living, it is a business of every body that's why we must visit you.

We are ready to work with the FG and your ministry in particular to overcome our environmental problems."

The governor said working with critical stakeholders will enable him provide people of the state with good governance and dividends of democracy as time for

partisan politics and campaigns are over. "We in Bauchi, we are the gate way for all the states in the North East. We are here in your office because of our nature to request you to assist us with environmental facilities."

On the condition of the Yankari Games Reserve, Governor Bala Mohammed expressed concern on the challenges facing the reserve, saying that currently the state government is working with some international organizations to develop the it.

On his part, the Minister of Environment, Dr Muhammad Mahmoud who said the ministry was very much interested to work with the state government, noted that, Bauchi is a national asset in the area of environmental resources.

The Minister assured the governor of the support of the ministry in order to overcome ecological problem and other environmental challenges facing the state.

" Your Excellency, I thank you for this courtesy visit, you have come at a better time as we are planning to visit you,

we will assist you to address mismanagement of environmental resources because Bauchi is a strategic environmental area, we are very much interested to work with your state.

" We will support you by inviting UNESCO to visit Yankari Games Reserve in order to come in.

The Honourable Commissioner prioritize your problems so that we can support you not only us but alongside development partners."

Lawal Muazu Bauchi SA New Media To Bauchi Governor

13/02/2020