The Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) will on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, hold a virtual programme themed, ‘The Effect of Covid-19 to the Environment, Practical Ways to Sustain the Degraded Environment’.
The 3-day event is scheduled to hold on October 14, 21 and 28, 2020 by 12:00 noon via Zoom with the National Coordinator, CEPEJ Comrade Mulade Sheriff will be Coordinating the event.
The 14th October, 2020 programme will feature the Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Civil Society and Civic Engagement, *ACTIVIST REX ANIGORHO* speaking on the role of CSOs, NGOs and IOCs, in the remediation of the environment, *Dr WESAM AL MADHOUN* Micro Pollutants Research Centre, University Tun, Hussein Onn, Malaysia who will speak on The resultant effects of the use of Pesticides to the environment and human health and *Dr REGINA FOLORUNSHO*, Director, Nigeria Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), Lagos.
Amongst many other speakers, a representative from the Federal Ministry of Environment, Abuja will talk on the government strategic plans in sustaining the environment from degradation amidst COVID-19.