{"id":346734,"date":"2025-08-15T02:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T01:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=346734"},"modified":"2025-08-14T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:55:55","slug":"ngo-donates-solar-fridges-to-fish-vendors-to-boost-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=346734","title":{"rendered":"NGO Donates Solar Fridges To Fish Vendors To Boost Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has reaffirmed its dedication to environmental protection by donating solar fridges to small-scale fish vendors in Oyorokoto, a fishing hub in Andoni local government area of Rivers State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Representatives of NCF, Mrs Stella Egbe and Mr Shittu Usman made the donation to heads of four leadership units in Oyorokoto, Wednesday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Egbe, the initiative is part of the NGO\u2019s efforts to promote environmental advocacy and ecosystems preservation in the bustling fishing settlement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She noted that the initiative titled: \u201cCreating A Resilient East Atlantic Flyway\u201d was aimed at conserving wetlands, empowering people and safeguarding migratory birds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She explained that the solar fridges would enable small-scale fishermen and women to preserve unsold fish, rather than disposing of them indiscriminately, a practice that has contributed to environmental degradation over the years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201dThis donation is also supported by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclar Safety, Consumer Protection and the International Climate Initiative,\u201d Egbe said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Receiving the solar fridges on behalf of benefiting units, Chief Rokeek Ngo, urged the people to ensure judicious use of the facilities, while also charging them to protect public facilities in the area.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On his part, a conservationist, Gogo Ujile, who commended the NCF and its partners for the gesture, pledged his continued advocation for the preservation of the natural ecosystem.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cAndoni Island is regarded as Nigeria\u2019s most biodiverse island with enormous natural resources, housing rare animals and mammals ranging from Elephants to the Wales.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201dThe NCF in Andoni has also carried out some projects including Nypa Palm Utilisation Training Program and Planting of over 10,000 mangrove seedlings at Unyeada and Unyengala community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u2018The NCF also established conservation clubs in secondary schools and donated exercise books to primary and secondary schools in the area,\u201d Ujile stated.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has reaffirmed its dedication to environmental protection by donating solar fridges to small-scale fish vendors in Oyorokoto, a fishing hub in Andoni local government area of Rivers State. Representatives of NCF, Mrs Stella Egbe and Mr Shittu Usman made the donation to heads of four leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rivers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346737,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346734\/revisions\/346737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}