Students Environmental Assembly
Nigeria a student’s oriented environmental organization who primarily focuses
on Nigerian tertiary institutions with the aim of empowering students to become
the ultimate champions for environmental justice met on Wednesday 19th
March, 2014, to hold her 1st National Environmental Summit.
During the summit held
at the Delta State University Abraka, members elected new national executive
officers to take over from the outgoing executives which assumed office on
November, 2011 in Benin City, Edo State.
The summit with the
theme “movement building and youth action for environmental defense” brought
together student leaders from 19 tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The summit is geared
towards students (youths) mobilization in institutions of higher learning with
the aim of strengthening the SEAN platform, train selected student leaders on
the critical environmental issues in Nigeria especially on climate change, and to
encourage the trained ones to step down those trainings in their various
campuses to empower other youths to understand the nature of environmental
degradation on their environment and prepare them to champion the cause for a
better environment. The remaining activities to be embarked
upon in this summit include general workshop and exchange visit (Field trip) to
some oil spill sites in the Niger Delta.
This assembly has just
shown a good example of true democracy, by electing new executives at the
appropriate time as stipulated in our constitution. If other students and
youths organizations can practice true democracy it will transform the youths in
making good future leaders for our great nation.
The outgoing executives
of Students Environmental Assembly Nigeria under the leadership of MAYOR
OGBONNA ERNEST which took over office from UBREI-JOE MAIMONI MARIERE in 2011, a
then 500L Environmental Science Technology Student at the Delta State
University Abraka has come to an end today. The belief of SEAN is to give birth
to future leaders who will put the environment as first in the scheme of things.
While handing over the
mantle of leadership, the outgoing national coordinator said, Since assuming
office in 2011, we have been able to set up SEAN in 19 tertiary institutions.
Our ideas have positively affected a good number of students at their various campuses,
whereby students can at this point identify their rights and fight for them”. “Cultism
and corruption is the main problem facing youth development, for not engaging
in meaningful ideals and practices. In recent times we realized that the
population of cultism and corruption on the path of the youths is increasing at
an alarming rate. The activities of the Students Environmental Assembly Nigeria
on campuses have been able to curb some of these issues in some institutions,
at this point we want to urge Nigerian youths to engage themselves in the
activities that will help them keep away from cultic activities and corrupt
practices and engage in environmental friendly activities”.
We congratulate and urge
the new national executives under the leadership of Comrade ABANG FREDRICK EJUE,
to build on the strong structures we have built, and to ensure that the idea of
the assembly spreads to other institutions where this idea has not reached.
Where good democracy is practiced every executive must correct the mistakes of
the past leaders and build on the strong structure of the past executives”.
Responding after taking
over, the national coordinator assured that “with the dream at hand, we hope to
build an understanding in our youths and students that the environment is ours
to govern and protect towards ensuring sustainable development. Where this is
successfully inculcated in our youths, we must have succeeded in ensuring a
better environment for ourselves and the future to come”. “We therefore appeal
to and encourage our youths and parents to support this awakened consciousness
in our youths to say no to environmental injustice and violation.
Members of the new
executive are:
1.
Mr. ABANG Fredrick Ejue Coordinator (CRUTECH)
2.
Miss. ENYINNAYA Melody Dep. Coordinator (FUPRE)
3.
Miss. ABUSI Dabota Sec. general (CRUTECH)
4.
Mr. IGBOJIANYA George Obinna Assist. Sec. general (UNIBEN)
5.
Mr. TITIGBE Onyekachi Venath Environmental campaigner in- chief
(DELSU)
6.
Mr. NWAOGBE Daniel Assist. Environmental campaigner in –chief
(COE ABUJA)
7.
Miss. PETERS Ifeoma Lilian Financial
secretary (ATBU)
8.
Miss. UNEM Victoria Programme/Social and Welfare
Director (UNN)
9.
Mr. BISONG Takang Assist. Financial Secretary
Titigbe
Onyeka Venath
For
SEAN National Secretariat.
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