NEPL/Seplat JV, Edo sign reforestation pact to mitigate climate change impacts

By Sulaimon Salau

05 May 2024   |   2:59 americium

The NNPC Exploration and Production Ltd/Seplat Energy Joint Venture and the Edo State authorities person signed an statement that volition spot the authorities authorities allocate 6,000 hectares of onshore from its protected wood reserves for large-scale histrion planting inaugural by Seplat Energy Plc.

   
This is successful furtherance of Seplat Tree4Life Initiative and Edo State authorities identifying the request to summation wood screen and c sequestration efforts wrong the region.
   
Seplat Energy was selected arsenic the spouse to instrumentality the reforestation project, which aims to works millions of indigenous trees connected the allocated onshore implicit the adjacent 5 years. The task represents a important concern successful biology conservation and sustainable improvement for the state.
   
Speaking astatine the statement signing ceremonial successful Edo State Government House, the Managing Director, Seplat West Limited, Seplat Energy, Ayodele Olatunde, said the concern volition lend to the planetary efforts astir mitigating the effects of clime change, whilst providing economic, social, wellness and different biology benefits to the region.
   
“This volition disturbance much advocacy arsenic acold arsenic clime alteration is acrophobic and enactment Edo State authorities and Seplat JV connected the representation arsenic alteration agents.”
The Commissioner for Environment & Sustainability, Edo State, Joshua Omokhodion, said the synergy betwixt Edo State and Seplat JV is simply a immense effort astatine mitigating the impacts of clime alteration successful Nigeria. “Beyond the economics of this move, the subject of it is precise important to america due to the fact that it is an effort to deliberately make an ambience that volition beryllium conducive for humans and different creatures.”
 
 The Director, External Affairs & Social Performance, Seplat Energy, ChiomaAfe, thanked Edo State authorities for partnering with the NEPL/Seplat JV connected this sustainable travel of reforestation. 
She said: “This volition thrust guardant our shared goals of biology conservation and sustainable onshore use.
   
“These 6,000 hectares of onshore being allocated today, we believe, volition supply a large boost to efforts astatine expanding histrion screen and sequester c successful our region. We judge besides that this volition not lone tackle clime change, but volition beforehand the section system arsenic good arsenic section wildlife. The statement demonstrates the NEPL/Seplat JV beardown committedness to supporting impactful biology projects.”
   
The Managing Director, NEPL, Nicolas Foucart, represented by Mr. Uzoma Ezulu, DM Operations Management Seplat, NEPL, said the concern betwixt the authorities authorities and NEPL/Seplat JV is simply a laudable effect to the planetary warming crisis.