Environment
FG to phase-out polythene bags, begins proposal for new GEF grant
9 years agoGlobal Environment Facility Desk Officer, Mr. Festus Eguoje (left); Representative of the Minister of State of State for Environment, Mr. Gabriel Lotto; Acting Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Mrs. Florence Sowunmi; Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, Chike Chikwendu; Prof. Emmanuel Oladipo of University of Lagos and UNIDO environment expert, Mr. Yomi Banjo during the 10th National Steering Committee Meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Environment in Abuja, recently
With over a million given out for free daily and its tremendous environmental cost, the Federal Government has announced plans to eradicate use of polythene bags for retention of drinking water to recyclable paper bags.