A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), has reiterated its commitment to curbing environmental crises in Nigeria.
The Executive Director of YEAC-Nigeria, Mr Fyneface Dumnamene, made this known in an interview in Abuja.
Dumnamene said that the organisation had made several moves to curb crime and environmental crises through effective collaboration with other stakeholders across the country.
The Executive Director, who said that the partnership was not only in Nigeria, added that the organisation had also involved other international bodies in addressing the challenges.
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According to him, the NGO has organised various workshops and seminars with relevant stakeholders, both nationally and internationally.
In his words, “We are organising more conferences and workshops and we are talking with the government and other stakeholders for necessary collaboration to address organised crimes in the Niger Delta (Nigeria) and the Gulf of Guinea.
“On April 28, we will be having a laudable national conference on organised crime and inauguration of the Network on Organised Crime in Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea (NACOCINAG).”
Dumnamene said that the conference would take place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Story was adapted from Enviro News