A university lecturer, Professor Christian Madu, has expressed worry over policy inconsistency on environmental issues affecting the country.
Madu, a professor of Environment Management and Control with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), stated in Enugu Monday.
He expressed worries on the massive felling of trees and deforestation going on in every part of the country as more Nigerians take to firewood and charcoal for domestic use.
It would be recalled that the recent development is a direct fall out of the rise of the price of a litre of kerosene between N750 and N800, while a kilogramme of cooking gas is between N850 and N900 nationwide.
Madu said there are many reasons for the policy inconsistency in the environment sector of the country, but the major problem is that government policies are not synchronised.
“We offer contradictory policies and practices at the various sub-nationals and departmental levels that are different from the central or national policy.
“It will take good leadership to look into how the different units of government can work to achieve a common goal on environmental issues,” he said.
