Nigeria, China to clamp down on wildlife criminals

Nigeria and China have concluded plans to implement tougher measures against illegal trade in endangered species of wildlife. 


This decision was reached when a crack team from Anti-Smuggling Bureau (ASB) of General Administration of China Customs (GACC) and Economics Criminal Investigation Department of Ministry of Public Security China visited Nigeria to work out modalities with the Nigerian government to end transnational wildlife crimes.


The team, led by Sun Zhijie, was at the headquarters of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) where they were receivedby the Director-General, Professor Aliyu Jauro and the management team of the agency.
The director-general took the opportunity, in his welcome remarks, to brief the team on the achievements recorded so far in wildlife enforcement. 
He said NESREA has developed and operationalized regulations to control International Trade in Endangered Species and was highly scored by the CITES secretariat. 


One of them, he said, is the National Environmental Protection of Endangered Species in International Trade Regulations S.I. No.16 has been ranked as Category 1 by CITES secretariat.


The director-general disclosed further that the agency also facilitated the establishment of Inter-agency committee on CITES enforcement, which  comprises all regulatory agencies in Nigeria, adding that effective collaboration with other agencies to combat wildlife crimes was yielding the desired result.


Jauro expressed concern that several Chinese nationals had been implicated in the illicit trade, saying he was confident that working together would bring the wildlife crimes to an end.


Earlier, leader of the Chinese delegation, Sun Zhijie, said the team was a special task force and was in Nigeria to work with the federal government to track down those behind the wildlife trade.
He added that the country had strict laws against the illegal trade and its officials were up to task in putting an end to the menace.

ne of them, he said, is the National Environmental Protection of Endangered Species in International Trade Regulations S.I. No.16 has been ranked as Category 1 by CITES secretariat.


The director-general disclosed further that the agency also facilitated the establishment of Inter-agency committee on CITES enforcement, which  comprises all regulatory agencies in Nigeria, adding that effective collaboration with other agencies to combat wildlife crimes was yielding the desired result.
Jauro expressed concern that several Chinese nationals had been implicated in the illicit trade, saying he was confident that working together would bring the wildlife crimes to an end.


Earlier, leader of the Chinese delegation, Sun Zhijie, said the team was a special task force and was in Nigeria to work with the federal government to track down those behind the wildlife trade.
He added that the country had strict laws against the illegal trade and its officials were up to task in putting an end to the menace.

s decision was reached when a crack team from Anti-Smuggling Bureau (ASB) of General Administration of China Customs (GACC) and Economics Criminal Investigation Department of Ministry of Public Security China visited Nigeria to work out modalities with the Nigerian government to end transnational wildlife crimes.


The team, led by Sun Zhijie, was at the headquarters of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) where they were receivedby the Director-General, Professor Aliyu Jauro and the management team of the agency.
The director-general took the opportunity, in his welcome remarks, to brief the team on the achievements recorded so far in wildlife enforcement. 
He said NESREA has developed and operationalized regulations to control International Trade in Endangered Species and was highly scored by the CITES secretariat. 


One of them, he said, is the National Environmental Protection of Endangered Species in International Trade Regulations S.I. No.16 has been ranked as Category 1 by CITES secretariat.
The director-general disclosed further that the agency also facilitated the establishment of Inter-agency committee on CITES enforcement, which  comprises all regulatory agencies in Nigeria, adding that effective collaboration with other agencies to combat wildlife crimes was yielding the desired result.


Jauro expressed concern that several Chinese nationals had been implicated in the illicit trade, saying he was confident that working together would bring the wildlife crimes to an end.
Earlier, leader of the Chinese delegation, Sun Zhijie, said the team was a special task force and was in Nigeria to work with the federal government to track down those behind the wildlife trade.
He added that the country had strict laws against the illegal trade and its officials were up to task in putting an end to the menace.

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