By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
Nigeria’s Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood said the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved Solid Waste Management Policy.
He disclosed this Wednesday in Abuja while briefing State House Correspondents after the weekly FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to him the policy “, is to provide a framework for a comprehensive integrated solid waste management in which the federal, state and local governments, MDAs, institutions, NGOs will all be part of it”.
He said this is something that needs a coordinated effort which will mean healthier people, provide jobs.
He said: “wastes is no longer wastes but resources. We consider it a resource you can recycle, ultimately the garbage can be turned to other things, we have a recycling plant in Karu and the pallets produced can be used to make interlocks and o many other things.
“That is why we need this comprehensive waste management plan which has been graciously approved. The next thing is the implementation. The implementation will require the impute if everybody. Waste Management as we all know is on concurrent list, meaning the federal, states can make laws and local government can make by-laws.
The Federal Government will provide all the framework necessary to undertake all these management.
This was put together by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the Federal Ministry of Environment and other stakeholders.
With this a lot of jobs will be created from the recycling plant, we will also be inviting the private sector to come and invest.
