 Environmental Rights Group, Mordor Earth Foundation has called for the advancement of environmental justice to address issues of exploitation. This school was made at the 10th anniversary conference held in Abuja with the theme, advancing environmental justice in Africa. It is instructive to note that to date, over 350 to 4 million square metres of land is destroyed yearly in Nigeria due to activities such as deforestation, oil exploration and exploitation. One of the key challenges that we have on our continent is the mindset of our politicians with regard to extractives. I've heard it over and over again that Nigeria cannot survive without a starting group or their Africa cannot survive without extracting minerals. They say, if you don't extract it, what are you going to do with it? This mindset that we must grab, whatever nature has given us, is a problem. We need to come to a point where we take what is needed and not just what we can. The fact that we have the capacity to grab something doesn't mean that we should grab it. The fact that we can take something doesn't mean that we should take it. I believe you have heard me about that. We have a towing box. We don't go about blowing it up every day. Dignitaries lamented the surrey state of areas exploited and degraded by some old mages like Shell and Arjab in the Niger Delta, particularly by Yalsa, where crude oil was first discovered in Nigeria. The group made it clear that everyone had a role to play in the seventh environment and the reason called on everyone to work together with the government in preserving the environment. The thieves are doing very well. As a matter of fact, most people may not even know that. The softly thieves, actually oil thieves as well, because they pretend to bring a shipload of oil into the country and then the perfect people walks for ten and they collect the money. Sometimes they get so used to the process that they don't even need to bring anything at all. They just perfect the people walk and then they get the money. Are you wondering why everyone now says that oil subsidy has been a scam? But these are some of the coloritions of oil thieves. Overall, as the oil and gas is exploited, the people of the Niger Delta are more potent, maybe poorer than you can imagine. It is my candid opinion that there should be more serious effort about the environment issues at the national level than at the sub-national level in Nigeria. There are more technically competent personnel at the federal level than at the sub-national level. This government will be addressed to enable us to move forward at a much faster and efficient way in order to save our environment from the nearest harmful practices. The time to do it is now and there is much more that we take time. Now I understand as FES that only if, and I think you have been always an advocate for that, we can create sustainable livelihoods and also sustainable alternatives to what the people are doing on the ground, what they are working on, how they do their daily living. Then we can induce a change which will not only be environmentally friendly, but also sustainably in a social way. And for that, once again, when we are at FES, I want to comment to you very much. I can assure you of our friendship, our partnership, and I think it has been mentioned before I've been discussed, I think, in detail during the event. The times are not getting any easier, neither in Nigeria nor worldwide. The effects of climate change, of environmental change are all around us. And the time is slowly running out and I don't have to teach you anything about that. But in this, I think our common struggle, FES, shall be on your side. And we will always have an open year for you ideas and hopefully also have an open year for our ideas and the partners we want to bring in for them. Thank you.