“Environmental Impact Assessment is a tool for sustainable development. The primary purpose of the EIA is to ensure that environmental concerns are incorporated into any project planning, design and decision making. A successful updating of the Act will not only update the document to current realities but will serve as the beginning of better EIA administration where both the regulators and the regulated will have a clearer up and up to date document to work with,”

In recognition of the enormity of illicit trade in tobacco products, a passionate call has gone to President Mohammed Buhari to ensure an effective implementation of the recently signed tobacco bill with a view to reducing 10 percent of adult deaths linked to product consumption.

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has said that it is targeting about 15,000 people for Human Immune deficiency Virus, HIV, testing and counselling in the ongoing free medical outreach programme in Lagos. Disclosing this during the flag – off of the exercise which is holding simultaneously in Kairo Market Oshodi and Ejigbo Market play ground all in Isolo – Oshodi Local Government Area of Lagos State, the Director Partnerships Coordination, NACA, Dr. Emmanuel Alhassan stressed the need for every Nigerian to know his or her HIV status.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, yesterday approved the dissolution of all boards of parastatals and agencies of government in the state.

Federal Government’s call for electricity companies to embrace embedded generation to ensure rapid development got a boost as the Eko Electricity Distribution Plc, EKEDP, said it has concluded plans to acquire up to 474 megawatts of power through embedded generation.