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PRESS
RELEASE
FOUNDATION
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION IN NIGERIA HOLDS ANNUAL LEADERSHIP
FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR, ON
Mainstreaming The Environment
In development
Planning in Nigeria
With
the dawn of the new millennium, environmental concerns as a bedrock to the
concept of Sustainable Development
have emerged among the most crucial factors influencing development planning in
most countries around the world.
An
analysis of the planning effort in Nigeria brings out the relative low attention
paid to the issue of sustainable development.
Until very recently, the issue of environment and sustainable development
has not featured in our development planning exercises in spite of the fact that
the Nigeria environment is endowed with natural resources capable of satisfying
the needs of the society.
There
has therefore, been identified an urgent need to redress this
economic-ecological imbalance in order to usher in a more revolutionary, dynamic
and modern approach to development plan preparation and formulation.
It
is in its quest for this paradigm shift that the Foundation for Environmental Development
and Education in Nigeria (FEDEN), a foremost non-governmental organization
in the promotion of awareness and education on environmental issues in Nigeria
is organizing a two-day seminar in collaboration with the Leadership for Environment
and Development (LEAD) International, New York, USA with the theme “Mainstreaming
the Environment in Development Planning in Nigeria”.
The
seminar which comes up between July 25th and 26th, 2000 at
the Auditorium of the Chartered Institute
of Bankers, PC 19, Adeola Hopewell Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, will also
feature the presentation of the new set of Fellows of the LEAD Programme
in Nigeria by the National Programme
Director, Professor Adeniyi Osuntogun.
Three
keynote addresses will be presented altogether. Two will be presented by the Minister
for Environment, Dr. Hasan Adamu, and the Chief Economic Adviser to the
President, Chief Philip Asiodu. While
Dr. Adamu will focus on “ Greening
the National Development Plan: An Agenda for New Millennium”, Chief Asiodu
will concentrate on the theme of the seminar, “Mainstreaming
the Environment in Development Planning in Nigeria”.
The
third keynote address on “Incentive for
Promoting Corporate Environmental Responsibility
in Nigeria” will be presented by the
Commissioner for the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and
Physical Planning, Arc. Ibrahim Kayode Anibaba.
A
welcome address will be presented by the Chairman,
National Board of Directors, FEDEN/LEAD – Nigeria, Professor Akin Adesola.
The
two-day event which is being organized to generate thought-provoking ideas will
feature paper presentations and discussions by professionals from diverse but
relevant disciplines.
For
instance, the Director General of the Nigerian
Institute for Social and Economic
Research, Professor D.O. Ajakaiye will present a paper on “Fiscal/Economic
Instruments for Promoting Environmental Sustainable Development Planning in
Nigeria”. While Professor
S.A. Adamu, a one time Sole
Administrator of the Federal Office of Statistics and Chief Executive of
the Ibadan-based firm of Messrs Samuel Adamu & Associates Limited will speak
on “Taking Stock of Nigeria’s Environmental Resources for
Contemporary National Accounting in the New Millennium”. Also
Mrs. F. Saad Abubaka, Member, Federal
Judicial Commission and Member, LEAD – Nigeria Board of Directors will
make presentation on “Policy Measures
for Promoting Environmental Sustainable Development Planning (ESDP) in
Nigeria”.
The
last segment of the presentations will feature papers on
“Accounting for Land Degradation and Pollution in National and Corporate
Balance Sheets in Nigeria; and Factoring Environmental Costs into Oil and Gas
Earnings in
Nigeria”.
The presentation will be made by the duo of Dr.
S. Eremie of World Bank, Garki, Abuja; and a Cohort 3 LEAD-Nigeria Fellow of
LEAD and
Manager, New Ventures, ELF Petroleum Nigeria Limited, Lagos, Mr. A.A.O. Abolarin.
The
various sections will be chaired by members, LEAD–Nigeria Board of Directors.
For instance, Chief (Mrs.) O.M.
Benson and Dr. O. Fafowora will
take charge of the two paper presentation sessions.
In the vein, Dr. A. Lamorde
and Dr.(Mrs.) O. Aribisala, will
share the Communique and Associates’ Syndicate Sessions respectively.
The
Leadership for Environment and Development
(LEAD) Programme is a global independent, education foundation,
originally set up in 1990 by The Rockefeller Foundation, to provide continuing
education for outstanding early-to-mid-career men and women in both public and
private sectors, introducing them to issues of the environment and honing their
skills as future leaders who will deal with these problems.
It selects through an open and competitive process, individuals in each
LEAD country and region, ho are identified as potential leaders in their chosen
professions.
Professor
Adeniyi Osuntogun,
Director,
LEAD-Nigeria.
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