Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said his administration is set to prosecute and punish those encroaching on the state’s forest reserve, especially Ogba Zoological Garden in Ogba Community of the state.
Governor Obaseki said his government would focus on reviving the forest reserve in the state because it was the heritage of the people, and his administration was set to draft a bill, which would be sent to the Edo State House of Assembly (ESHA), to institutionalise a Forest Commission, which the state was prepared to set up to revive forest reserves in the state.
He continued that the move to create a forest commission was a fallout from the environment workshop organised by the state government.
“Edo State has barely 15 percent of forest resources, and, as a government, we are committed to rebuilding our forest reserve. We will soon start rolling out our administration’s forestry plan”, he revealed.
The governor explained that he had put some modalities in place to boost investments in the forestry business, which would complement the state’s efforts to rebuild her forest reserve.
Meanwhile, the leader of the FRIN delegation, Adeshola Adepoju, hailed the governor for the cooperation and mutual understanding that existed between the Institute and the state.
He said Edo State is still one of the stakeholders in the left-over forest cover of the country, even though forest cover had depleted to less than 5 percent, contrary to the expected minimum of 25 percent.
Adepoju said research activities in Edo State started over 40 years ago at Sakponba Forest reserve, continuing that the institute had established several hectares of research plantations in Sakponba, Ubiaja, Agbede, Uzairue as well as permanent Sample Plots (PSP) and Strict Natural Reserve (SNR) in Urhonigbe, Iguobazuwa, Ohosu and Okomu purely for research purposes.
Edo Govt. set to prosecute forest reserve encroachers
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