Eunice Imo Kalu
Lagos — The Director General/Chief Executive of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency NOSDRA, Idris Musa has stressed the need for synergy in oil spill management.
Musa, presented a paper at the Nigeria – Cote D’Ivoire Business Round Table Exhibition which took place at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce as part of the ECOWAS Heads of State Summit, in line with the renewed hope Agenda of the Federal Government.
He highlighted the functions of the Agency and commended the organisers for the apt theme of the engagement” Synergy for optimal productivity” stressing that the oil spill response is about collaboration.
He enumerated the various areas of collaboration to include Establishing agreements with neighbouring countries towards equipment movement for a response, encouraging regional cooperation among member states of the West African sub-region and the Gulf of Guinea for combating oil spillage and pollution in our contiguous waters, strengthening the national capacity and regional action to prevent, control, combat and mitigate marine pollution amongst others.
He affirmed that collaborative/integrated national and regional approaches to oil spill response and management, as well as capacity building, are essential to protect the environment and preserve biodiversity.
