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<\/p>\nTinubu made the call in Ibadan on Tuesday during a courtesy call on Gov. Abiola Ajimobi in his office.<\/p>\n
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu had led other senators in the committee to Ibadan on oversight function to some agencies.<\/p>\n
Tinubu urged the Federal Government to look into the budget of the ministry, saying it was too small for the ministry and agencies to perform optimally.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe budget for the environment ministry is very small and there is need for government to look into it.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom our oversight visit to Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN), we discovered that the institution needs lot of funding to function optimally,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n
She said that the delegation had during their visit to FRIN, presented a document containing useful environmental laws recently enacted to make the institution function maximally.<\/p>\n
The lawmaker said that the new laws guaranteed recognition for FRIN to deal with international organisations, given it autonomy to act on environmental issues and colleges under FRIN tertiary status.<\/p>\n
Tinubu commended Dr Sola Adepoju, FRIN Director-General for the tremendous transformation witnessed at the institute, which she described as \u201camazing and overwhelming\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe quality of work carried out at FRIN, particularly materials and content is overwhelming. The D-G has utilised the resources allocated to the institute very well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Responding, Ajimobi commended the senate committee for its effort toward ensuring that people enjoyed a better environment.<\/p>\n
The governor said that the role of the environment ministry, agencies and other relevant stakeholders was very important in repositioning of the country.<\/p>\n
He said that the state had the potential of becoming the food basket of Nigeria, considering its landmass and concentration of agricultural research institutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur administration is much committed to infrastructural development and urbanisation of the state. Our target is to make the state the third largest in Africa within 25 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
On the senate delegation were Sen. Foster Ogola and Mr Sanni Lawan, Clerk of the committee.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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