The federal government has said it will soon commence vehicular emission testing on imported vehicles to ascertain their emission levels and ensure a drastic reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.
This News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Yakubu Baba, Registrar of the Environmental Health Council (EHCON), said this at the unveiling of ‘Vehicular Testing Device’ by 3DATX Africa, a U.S.-based NGO, in collaboration with the council on Thursday in Abuja.
According to Baba, the gesture would ensure improved public health. He said the technological device provided by 3DATX was informed by the recent discovery of dangerously high vehicle exhaust levels in the country.
The Registrar also said the project was at no cost to the government, but rather to international partners. He identified the gesture as part of the government’s efforts to meet its commitment to the Paris Agreement of reducing GHG emissions by 2030, a major contributor to climate change.
Baba said that the council conceptualised the project, which was mandated to examine the issue of air quality monitoring in the country.
The registrar said the council’s concern about the project resulted from the public health implications of greenhouse gas emissions.
He said the vehicular testing project would be scaled up in six pilot states within the six geopolitical zones.
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