The Nigerian Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has called for the review of the law prohibiting bush burning and the mechanism for its enforcement in Nigeria.
The Minister made this call at the Pull-Out Ceremony of the Retired Controller General of the Federal Fire Service (FFS), Dr. Liman Ibrahim Alhaji, at the National Fire Academy, Sheda, Abuja on Thursday.
“The law prohibiting the lazy practice of bush burning should be reviewed and made more relevant to the time. This should include the mechanism for its enforcement. I believe strongly that it should be included in the mandate of forest rangers. The economic loss and environmental damage due to this obnoxious practice are huge and incalculable. An end must come to it,” the Minister said.
The Minister also noted that the biggest challenge of firefighting in Nigeria today was aerial firefighting campaigns for bush fires or industrial fires like what was witnessed in a departmental store in Abuja.
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