The Assistant Conservator \u2013 General of the National Park Service, Dr Agboola Okeyoyin, says the park is set to reduce the negative effects of climate change in the country.
\nOkeyoyin said this on Wednesday at Lafia during the sensitisation on the establishment of the 10 new national parks\u00a0 and inauguration of the 18 \u2013 man transition committee for the take \u2013 off of Marhai National Park.
\nHe said the Federal Government was committed to resolve conservation activities and to increase the amount of forest cover under protective management.
\n\u201cGovernment is also committed to improve internal security and ultimately reduce negative impacts of climate change in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and enhance socio-economic development of the nation.
\n\u201cIt is important to note that the essence of this Transition Technical Committee is to ensure the successful metamorphosis of the Marhai Forest Reserve into the Marhai National Park.
\n\u201cThis is in the bid to achieve the overall aims and objectives for which the national park is established.
\n\u201cBefore today, stakeholders of the 10 designated national parks have been engaging on how these parks can be transformed into world-class tourist attractions among other objectives,\u201d Okeyoyin said.
\nHe said that the National Park Service was fully aware of the devastating effects of unwholesome environmental practices and therefore was committed to checkmate them.
\n\u201cTo this end, the Service is fully committed to this transition process and believes that the committee being inaugurated today by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State would do nothing but a very commendable job,\u201d Okeyoyin said.
\nHe commended the Nasarawa Commissioner for Environment, Mr Yakubu Kwanta whom he said had been very helpful in ensuring that the designated park transited smoothly.
\nOkeyoyin lauded media practitioners for the positive role they played in the attainment of the upgrading of Marhai Forest Reserve to Marhai National Park.
\nIn his speech, Governor Sule urged the committee and\u00a0 stakeholders in the environment sector to make tourism a priority saying that it could generate more employment and be a source of revenue to the state.
\nHe said that the upgrading of the Marhai Forest Reserve to National Marhai Park was a welcome development to the state.
\nSule said that the newly inaugurated committee to oversee the affairs of the park\u00a0 was carefully selected due to their doggedness in delivering efficient services to the people of the state.
\nHe urged them to justify the confidence reposed in them by the state government by discharging their duties effectively.
\nResponding,\u00a0 the Chairman of the committee and commissioner, Kwanta commended the governor for inaugurating the 18-man committee to spur the state into tourism and economic development.
\nHe said that in the history of the state, the event was a milestone.
\n\u201cOut of the 10 newly acquired national parks in the country, Nasarawa State is taking the lead in a smooth transition of the handing over and taking over of the park,\u201d Kwanta said.
\nHe promised that the committee would do its best to preserve the legacy of the new park.
\nThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 18-man committee was drawn from Ministry of Environment, civil society groups, stakeholders in the environment sector and the media. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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