The Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Prof. Sam Ugwu, stated that government would not fold its hands and watch the environment destroyed and lives engendered.
The Enugu State Government has commenced the sealing of illegal mining sites and those operating without environmental impact certifications and mitigation plans.Addressing newsmen after a firsthand inspection of mining site in Awhum in Udi Local Government Area of the state, the Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change, Prof. Sam Ugwu, stated that government would not fold its hands and watch the environment destroyed and lives engendered.
“We also want to find out the mitigating plans they have. The state government is aware of other mining sites, we know them in different local governments, we know the sites, gradually and we are going to get all of them. Our mission here gives signs to other mining activities that don’t have any recourse to the state government that we are coming to see them.”
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