Ahead of Tomorrow on WebTV: Discussions on Post COVID-19; Focus On Nigeria's Environment

Tuesday, May 12, 2020   /10:32 PM / byWebTV/ Header Image Credit:  Ecographics

WebTV's Economy&Politics segment dedicated to #Coronanomics will be featuring a robust conversation on 'Post COVID 19: Prospects for Building A Sustainable Nigerian Environment'.

Guest:           Idowu Salawu

Date:             Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Time:            9.00am

Platform:    Livestream on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Topic:           Post COVID 19: Prospects for Building A Sustainable Nigerian Environment

Highlights: Available later in the day with link to full video.

Host:             Ottoabasi Abasiekong, Editor, WebTV

Co-Host:      Boason Omofaye, Guest Analyst and CEO Frontier Africa Reports

Key Questions for Discussion 

• Assessment of the State of Nigeria's Environment
• How COVID-19 has reinforced the need for Repositioning Nigeria's Environment Policy
• The Case for Increasing investments in a Sustainable Nigerian Environment
• Post COVID-19: Key Steps to Boosting A Clean Environment For Nigeria

Guest Profile:

IDOWU SALAWU is a trained Biochemist with over 25 years experience of working in the environment sector, notably in Pollution Control, Waste Management, Municipal and Industrial Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Erosion Control, Waste water and water management. Most of this work has been done in Nigeria, mainly Lagos, Oyo, Kwara, Osun, Niger and Enugu States respectively, where he worked for a variety of government agencies and private sector as consultant.

Functionally he has experience in Environmental Management(Consultant to the World Bank on Sanitation & Wastewater Strategy, an accredited consultant to the Federal Ministry of Environment on waste management, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on EIAs and served as a consultant to Lagos and Enugu State governments on environment & ecological matters); preparing environmental management plan including EIAs, advisory support for capacity building; project identification; proposal writing; project management and evaluation; and technical inputs to projects.

Currently he is the CEO/Regional Head of Macpresse West Africa Limited, an affiliate of Macpresse Europa-Italy, a waste management and recycling facility company with over 70 years  experience, and a member of European Union Association of waste paper recycler. I have worked as an Independent consultant since 1998.

He is a member of the Nigeria Environment Society, Lagos State Branch.

Mr Idowu Salawu can be reached through his email macpressenig@yahoo.com

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