A coalition of environmental organizations has refuted the Oyo state government's assertion that an environmental impact assessment was conducted prior to the destruction of the Ogunpa forest reserve for a luxury estate.
A coalition of environmental organisations has challenged the Oyo state government’s claim that an environmental impact assessment (EIA) was carried out before the destruction of the Ogunpa forest reserve to create space for a luxury estate . In the story, Williams Akin-Funmilayo, the Oyo state commissioner for lands, housing, and urban development, had told TheCable that the government’s proposed Baywood Estate in the Ogunpa forest reserve “followed due process”.
The commissioner claimed that an EIA was conducted before the project began and that the outcome was “favourable.” However, he couldn’t provide a copy of the EIA or further details about its content.In a rebuttal issued on Saturday and signed by Oladipo Olasope, Joseph Onoja, Fatsuma Olaleru, and Rosalie Ann Modder-Oyefeso, the coalition made up of environmental organisations across the country said the commissioner’s claim was false. The organisations are the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Nigeria Tropical Biology Association (NTBA), Nigerian Society for Conservation Biology (NSCB), Africa Nature Investors (ANI) Foundation, Biodiversity Preservation Centre (BPC), Wildlife Society of Nigeria (WISON), Development Agenda (DA), JAVS Environmental Care Ltd., Initiative for Biodiversity Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Save Sahara Network (SSN)
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