Federal University Lokoja Conference On Flood And Sustainable Development

Communique issued at the end of the first international conference organized by The Federal University Lokoja (FUL) on flood annd sustainable development from 14th-16th June, 2023.

The Federal University Lokoja hosted a cross-section of stakeholders to its first international conference on the theme: “Flood and Sustainable Development” held on 14th - 16th June, 2023 at the University’s permanent campus, Felele and its College of Health Sciences, Adankolo.

The conference had fifty paper presentations by scholars and researchers across the globe, with two lead papers presented by Professor Jimmy O. Adegoke of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri -Kansas City and Professor Temi Ologunrisa, the Vice-Chancellor, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitikupa, Ondo State.

The keynote papers were presented by Engr. Clement Nzeh, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, Managing Director//Chief Executive Officer of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), represented by Mr. Jimoh Haruna Gabi, Director of Administration and Finance of the commission, and Chief Dr. George N. Muoghalu, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA).

Commitments and goodwill messages were registered by His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Bello, CON, the Executive Governor of Kogi State, ably represented by Hon. Victor Adewale Omofaiye, the state commissioner for environment;  Other stakeholders in security and law enforcement such as Nigerian Police Force, Nigerian Army Record Command, NNS Lugard, Department of State Security Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NDCDC), and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) were present.

MySchoolNews reporting.