As part of efforts to promote environmental sustainability and community development in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, has launched a tree-planting campaign.
The campaign kicked off with a stakeholders’ meeting in Port Harcourt to create awareness and spur behavioural changes as part of the activities marking this year’s World Environment Day.
Speaking at the occasion, the NDDC Director of Environmental Protection and Control, Engr. Onouha Obeka assured that the Commission was committed to enhancing biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and improving the quality of life of the people in the region.
Obeka commended the stakeholders for volunteering for the cause and tasked them on the importance of environmental stewardship and collective action in creating a more sustainable future for the Niger Delta.
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Speaking on the importance of tree planting, the Director noted that it would address critical issues that contribute to environmental degradation, including the lack of eco-friendly practices, deforestation, and unethical business practices.
The NDDC donated seven waste segregation disposal facilities to the Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, as part of the activities marking World Environment Day 2025, with a focus on “End Plastic Pollution.”
At the handover event, the NDDC Director of Environmental Protection and Control said from his observation, that the university campus was environmentally friendly, owing to its green campus policy.
He noted that the Commission was invited to support the existing environmental culture. Onuoha stated, “With your already established waste management system, these segregated waste facilities will help improve waste collection.”
At the event, the Director of Works, Arc. Henry Onu, was represented by the Vice-Chancellor of Rivers State University. He was full of praises for the NDDC for its numerous interventions that had benefited the institution and assured that the donated waste facilities would be put to good use.
