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better environment. To the Glory of God, in Africa I am roads and not fix it back, we have basic things to do
the Vice President, meaning the highest person with- and when we are farming, we should adopt the habits
in the Africa sub-region. I was elected and I will take that do not contribute to greenhouse gas emission that
extra interest in knowing what other African countries destructs the atmosphere . We have to look, is it still
are doing as far as legislations and policies of the type I okay to burn an entire forest, perhaps it is not, what are
described earlier are concerned. the alternatives, are they affordable, those little things
Q: Hon. This interview will not be complete if we do we can do, we should do them and then we don t have
not talk about climate change by breaking it down to to wait for the National body or the Federal Govern-
the barest minimum in a language that even a layman ment. Beginning from our schools, one can form clubs
would understand, what are those things we can do as and inculcate in our children the habit of protecting and
Nigerians to tackle the devastating effects of climate preserving the environment, these are on of the little
change. things we can do, even market women we teach them,
A: First you know that when we do not live well, when we make them know that look, you should not block this
we fail to take basic, little precautions against some place because you are coming back tomorrow, you are
things, for instance, our people are in the habit of coming back to the same placed to trade to do your
when they throw away waste particularly some of business, Keep your environment clean, dispose your
these nylon bags that are non-degradable, they throw waste properly and of course going forward we can
them carelessly and they block drainages, they cre- now come up with policies that makes sure that things
ate problems before you look round, you see erosion. like plastic bags that for the next 30 or 40 years are not
Like in our area once water misses its way because going anywhere, to make sure that we don t have all
of blocked drainage, the next thing you see is erosion these things in our system, because if we do that, and
because it moves very fast in the south east, so we as handle them properly, then we should be able on our
individuals have a duty to take these little precautions, own to begin to make those positive changes that are
keep our environment clean, do that which is right, do required.
not deliberately go and do a construction, damage the
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