The Director General of National Environmental Standards and Regulatory Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Dr. Innocent Bariate Barikor says his administration will adopt innovative interventions to address the environmental problems bedevilling the country.
Dr. Barikor made this known while addressing management and staff of the Agency on the assumption of office Monday in Abuja.
He said, “We will deepen the mandate of this Agency, explore the full potentials of the NESREA Establishment Act 2007 (as amended), and ensure we provide more innovative approaches, such that we use the opportunity given to us to do the right thing, not just for ourselves, but for the nation and posterity.”
“We will increase the capacity for public orientation, boost our revenue generation for the government, and also work with our external partners to achieve the mandate of the Agency,” he said.
Dr Barikor thanked the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR), for the confidence he reposed in him and assured that under his administration, the Agency will exceed the expectations of Nigerians in terms of safeguarding the environment.
The NESREA boss also called on the management and staff of the Agency to work with him to actualize the vision of a clean and healthy environment for all Nigerians in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration.
While handing over to Dr Barikor, the Director of Inspection and Enforcement, Mr Abdusalam Isa pledged the support of the management and staff for the new Director General.
Dr Innocent Bariate Barikor was appointed the 4th Director General of NESREA by the President, and before his appointment, he was a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State.
