The Kogi state Commissioner for Environment, Chief Victor Omofaiye, on Monday, said that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic had led to environmental challenges and unemployment in the country. Omofaiye disclosed this at a one-day workshop, organised by the Environment Media Correspondents Association of Nigeria , in Abuja. He said that the pandemic had caused…
He said that the pandemic had caused disruptions to many sectors, causing social, environmental crises, including unemployment, business closures, indiscriminate felling of trees, among others. “In Nigeria, the COVlD-19 pandemic is affecting many economic sectors, social environmental crises such as the unemployment, closure of markets and factories, hunger, thereby increasing the poverty level.
“Another environmental effect of the COVlD-19 is the indiscriminate tree cutting, within residential areas and on the outskirts of the town for firewood purposes. He explained that the polluter-pay-principle was a standard mechanism designed to monitor and control the level of air pollution in industries, by surcharging for gaseous pollutants emitted.
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