The Nasarawa State Government, Nigeria has banned the use and sales of charcoal in the state to protect the environment.
Nigeria’s Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Aliyu Agwai made this known in a conference while addressing the media on Saturday morning, December 18th, 2021 in Lafia.
According to Mr. Aliyu Agwai, he claimed that the use and production of Charcoal are very harmful to the environment by destroying the climate and it amounts to an increase in global warming.
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Agwai disclosed that burning of charcoal, especially, would produce harmful emissions, and also the cutting down of trees can also result in the loss of habitat from animal species, which makes it harmful for the ecosystem, as well as animals and plants cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes.
“Cutting trees can result in the loss of habitat for animal species, which can harm the ecosystems.
“Almost all the land animals and plants live in forests and many cannot survive the deforestation that destroys their homes,”
He has however warned residents selling and using charcoal to desist in other to avoid prosecution in case of violation
Agwai said that all roads to the state were blocked to prevent motorists from other states from passing but they had been opened after the sanitary exercise.
“We only allowed those with permission from the relevant ministry, or on essential services to pass and move around during the exercise,” he said.
Meanwhile, a mobile court, handling environmental-related cases, has prosecuted 32 persons suspected to have violated environmental sanitation laws in Lafia.
The Prosecutor, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, who is also a Chief Environment Officer, told the court that the suspects were transacting their private businesses while the sanitation exercise was in progress.
Mohammed said that the offenses violated Section 9(2), of the state Environmental Sanitation Law.
He urged the court to sanction them accordingly to serve as a deterrent to others.
The Judge, Mr Abdullahi Lande, convicted and sentenced them to six months imprisonment respectively with option of fine of between N5, 000 and N50, 000 respectively.
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