Nigeria ranked high on implementation of environmental agreements
Abuja - A Kaduna-based environmental legal consultant, Mr Caleb Mutfwang, has ranked Nigeria high in the implementation of environmental multilateral agreements signed by the country. Mutfwang in Abuja on Tuesday said that Nigeria had achieved a lot in the process of implementing those agreements. Nigeria has so far ratified 12 of the 14 international environmental conventions, protocols and treaties. He said that Nigeria had made appreciable progress in implementing the Basel Convention, Stockholm Convention, Montreal Protocol and Rotterdam Convention, among others. Basel Convention deals with trans-boundary movement and disposal of toxic and hazardous waste while Stockholm Convention is on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) with Rotterdam Convention talking about promotion of shared responsibilities in relation to the importation of hazardous chemicals. The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer through the phasing out of the production o...