The workshop was organised for Southsouth youths by the Federal Ministry of Environment, with support from United Nations Development Programme .
He said the Federal Government had not shown enough commitment to ending gas flaring, and noted that the process required a lot of investment.“We need to get youths active in the issues of climate change. We need to place Nigeria on a better foothold for the future. We are losing our habitat and our environment. So, we are for restoration of mangrove forests. If we are serious about tackling global warming, one of the ways is tree planting.
“The only problem is that the government is not ready. If the Federal Government is committed We have to take steps to stop global warming and climate change. Gas flaring has been on for over 62 years now, and that is the primary thing that needs to be tackled. “The deadline to end gas flaring is 2030; some of us feel it is too far. We are feeling that the deadline should be 2020. We should end it next year. It is achievable we should only be ready to invest.”