{"id":2661,"date":"2022-03-12T07:27:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T07:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=2661"},"modified":"2022-03-12T07:27:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T07:27:49","slug":"kogi-tackles-tree-felling-bans-charcoal-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-tackles-tree-felling-bans-charcoal-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Tackles Tree Felling, Bans Charcoal Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">By Gbenga Odogun<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2662\" src=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/images-8-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State Government has banned the production of charcoal across the 21 local government areas of the state.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The state Commissioner for Environment, Victor Omofaiye, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Omofaiye explained that charcoal production in the state was illegal and highly prohibited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">He warned that any person or group of persons caught producing or in possession of the product would be arrested and prosecuted in the court of law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAny vehicle caught carrying charcoal shall be impounded by the Kogi State Government\u201d the statement added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In a telephone chat with our correspondent on the reason for the ban, the commissioner said it\u2019s a way of preserving the ecosystem by discouraging tree felling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAre you happy with the way our environment is being degraded? 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