LASEPA’s General Manager, Dr Babatunde Ajayi disclosed this
on Wednesday at a one day capacity building for its accredited consultants
across the State to update their knowledge on the current trends in addressing
global climate change challenges and other environmental problems for
sustainable development.
Ajayi added that some of the organisations were sealed for
other environmental infractions, saying that the agency is embarking on a lot
of reforms geared towards achieving a noiseless, cleaner and safer Lagos that
is pollution free.
“We are committed to a new Lagos that is clean, safe and
environmentally friendly, where businesses thrive without hindrances to human
health, ” he stated.
Ajayi also charged the agency’s accredited consultants to
support the State government in its bid to deliver a safer, healthier and
sustainable environment through the adoption of Environment Social Governance
(ESG) global model in tackling identified environmental challenges.
He noted that the new Environment Social and Governance
(ECG) model is the global practice in tackling the trending climate change
effects and other environmental problems around the world.
The General Manager said the training of LASEPA accredited
consultants became necessary so as to update their knowledge and increase their
capacities in the application of the global standard model in managing
environmental issues, especially climate change problem and it’s associated
green house gas Emissions.
Ajayi stated that the programme would also help to raise
awareness on knowledge transfer and competence development of the agency’s
accredited consultants with the overall objective of improving public service
delivery by the agency.
He said the agency, in achieving its ministerial mandate
would strengthen its enforcement measures to ensure compliance with government
regulations towards achieving a cleaner and sustainable environment in line
with the T.H.E.M.E.S development agenda of the state government.
James Ogunleye, Executive Director, Carbon Limits Nigeria
who spoke on behalf of other facilitators stated that the programme would help
to expose LASEPA accredited consultants and broaden their knowledge on the
current global practices in sustainable environment.
He said there was a great departure from the old practice of
consultants just having knowledge of Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA
Environmental Audit Report EAR and Environmental Impact Analysis EIA to qualify
as a consultant
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