JUNE 5, A DAY TO CELEBRATE OUR LIFE JACKET ON EARTH

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

JUNE 5, A DAY TO CELEBRATE OUR LIFE JACKET ON EARTH
I called our Environment A Life Jacket, why?
We are enclosed and wrapped within, it while we feel every change on it and also feels the impact of any condition or it status. 
We are aware that by night, every household must lock their door, as a measure to prevent been robbed or from other dangers. Also, we all wear cloths, to protect our body from external things but, We have failed to realize that the whole of houses we live in as shelter, the clothes we put on to protect our skin, are all within the Environment that is accommodating us and keeping us alive.
No matter how gigantic our buildings are, no matter how beautiful those clothes are, if the Environmental condition is 80% harsh, we can enjoy nothing.
An adage says; where much is given, much is expected.
Unfortunately, we are giving nothing to our Environment but, we exploit it than what it could reproduce or replenish.

Ø  Pollution of all kinds.

Ø  Over exploitation of resources

Ø  Ecosystem disintegration.

Ø  Biodiversity brutality.
Amidst a lot more are activities we human engage in daily that deteriorate the environment.

There is no other planet for us to survive. If MARS is meant for us, we would have been created in two parts (Earth citizens and Mars citizens), but No.

Ø  Mismanagement

Ø  Greed

Ø  Ignoramus live has deteriorated our dwelling home.

Now we are looking for another option, thinking there would be no consequence later on the run.

Ø  A lot of disease outbreaks,

Ø  Disasters,

Ø  State of emergencies has occurred and claimed lives.

Those lives claimed are not because they are the causer but due to inequality in the society.
Ohhhh My Dearest Life Jacket, what have I caused you?
(A question to ask ourselves)
Today is another day to stand up and work towards bringing things back to its normal status.
Animals in the wild are good conserves of resources.
How do I mean?

Ø  The carnivores kill when necessary.

Ø  The herbivore feeds on what they need.

Ø  The omnivore takes what they need alone without excess.

Ø  Insect carry out pollination.

Ø  All Wild animals except carnivores carry out propagation and they all work circularly to balance the ecosystem.

2020 World Environment Day can be a day to begin the restoration. Let us work it out.

Ø  GREAT CONSERVATIONISTS

Ø  GREAT ENVIRONMENTALISTS

Ø  GOD BLESS OUR LIFE JACKET

Ø  GOD BLESS ECC

Ø  GOD BLESS NECOR.

Ø  GOD BLESS NSEC

Ø  GOD BLESS WISON

Ø  GOD BLESS ONE UP ACTION

Ø  GOD BLESS MAPS

Bamikole Ayomide Opeyemi

Green regards

COVID’19 QUESTION: SHOULD NIGERIANS CALL THIS COUNTRY THEIR HOME OR SLAVERY

COVID’19 QUESTION: SHOULD NIGERIANS CALL THIS COUNTRY THEIR HOME OR SLAVERY

A nation, where the government has nothing to boost of, is a failing country.

These entire nonsensical and self centered attitudes started from our fore leaders, whose zeal and passion of serving the nation back then, was to have it all by power. This is the same thing our present and current leaders are building on.

Due to the outbreak of COVID’19, Nigerians were instructed and advised to stay at home/indoor, to quicken the control and lessen the spreading rate of the virus, mean while the insurgent of COVID'19 met us at home in a strike action due to salary issue.

QUESTIONS ARISING.

Ø What are we going to be eating?

Ø How are we going to cope with epileptic power supply?

Ø Are we just going to sit down and die of hunger and boredom while you people enjoy security, free food, classic health care, good power supply, etc?

Even if we are blind, still yet, we can hear what other nations are doing.

Even if we are deaf, we can see infrastructures of other nations as well as their care for their citizens during this outbreak period. 

Ø What is wrong with Nigeria? 

Ø Is this how poor the Nation is?

Ø Are we slaves that needs no attention?

Ø So, why is our country not stagnant and at the same time not growing but, reversing, retarding and melting down?

In Federal Schools, 2013/2014 infrastructures are just been done in 2019/2020.  

Imagine the president and most of his cabinet members cannot even read and pronounce English words correctly, how they can think correctly.

God blessed our land

God loved us

God is with us

God has interest in us, but hunger and poverty that emanated from looting the country by these people has made a lot of people to go into fraudulence act, robbery, kidnapping, ritual and the likes.

The people that are meant to protect us are killing, looting and depriving us our rights. Ø Why?

Thank God for people like;

Ø ALIKO DANGOTE

Ø FEMI OTEDOLA

Ø ATIKU ABUBAKAR

Ø ABDULSAMAD RABIU

Ø TONY ELUMELU

Ø HERBERT WIGWE

Ø SAGUN AGBAJE

Ø JIM OVIA ETC.

Organizations like,

Ø Access Bank

Ø  Zenith Bank etc.

These people and organizations has shown a great concern on the well been of the Nation, even with their personal properties because, they know the value of what is called home.

I want the leaders to know that there are still a lot of citizens with nothing in their purse, but they never gave up praying for the Nation as well as doing the right things.

Another question goes thus; Even though we are good and loyal citizens, 

what are our dividends here?

There is heaven

There is Aljahna

There is judgment

Nigerians, even if the so called leaders and government can do nothing to help us this time, let us STAY SAFE by following the proposed instructions from WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO).

THE DARK NIGHT WILL SOON PASS OVER I PRAY

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AN EDUCATIVE LECTURE DELIVERED BY THE CONSERVATOR GENERAL, NIGERIA PARK SERVICE ON WORLD WILDLIFE DAY 2020

SUSTAINING ALL LIFE ON EARTH, ENCOMPASSING ALL WILD ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES, AS KEY COMPONENTS OF THE WORLD’S BIODIVERSITY.

This aligns with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Goal 1 (No poverty), Goal 12 (ensure consumption and production patterns), Goal 14 (Life below water) and Goal 15 (Life on land).

The world population is presently put around 7 Billion. The ever increasing population depends fully on the planet’s plants and animals to survive. We all have the responsibility to protect the environment and the resources in it. All of us as humans need one another, we share common habitat in close proximity, we breath the same air, we depend on wildlife and the earth rich biodiversity for our survival and well being.

Today, unsustainable human activities such as pollution, indiscriminate tree felling, uncontrolled burning of fossil fuels, mining, and over-exploitation etc, over the years had altered the shape of the planet. Million species of wildlife had been wiped off of the universe. For example, small and large mammals we used to see commonly in our environment had gone into extinction while many are critically endangered now. Elephant, buffalo, lion, hunting dog, hyena, caracal, Aadvark, Geoffrey colobus monkey and vultures could only be found in limited areas in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Government established her first National Park in 1979 by the creation of Kainji Lake National Park. As of today, the country has 7 National Parks fairly spread across the major ecological zones in the country. The table below shows the names of the National Parks, their sizes and locations. The whole 7 National Parks occupied a total land area of 22,206 sq km which is about 3% of the country’s total land area of 923.74 sq km.

•      Gashaka-Gumti N. Park-                  6,731 sq km- Adamawa/Taraba States

•      Kainji Lake National Park-      5,382 sqkm- Kwara/Niger States

•      Cross River National Park-     4,000 sq km- Cross River State

•      Old Oyo National Park-          2,512 sq km         - Oyo/Kwara States

•      Chad Basin National Park-     2,258 sq km-Borno/Yobe states

•      Kamuku National Park-          1,121 sq km         - Kaduna State

•      Okomu National Park-            202 sq km   - Edo State

Having given us a brief history of National Parks in the world, Africa and Nigeria, I wish to itemize the benefits they provide practically in the protection and conservation of biodiversity which is the reason why we are here today.

1.      Protection of watershed

2.     Contribution towards Carbon Sequestration

3.     Employment generation

4.     Research

5.     Infrastructural Development

6.     Recreation

7.     Foreign Exchange

Challenges:

1.     Overexploitation

2.     Various Anthropogenic Activities

3.     Outbreak of Diseases

4.     Insecurity

5.     Poor funding

6.     Inadequate Manpower

Way forward:

1.       Creation of more National Parks in the country

2.     Aggressive Public Sensitization and Media Advocacy on the importance of wildlife conservation.

3.     Inclusion of wildlife Conservation Education in our primary and secondary schools as a way of catching them young.

4.     Liberalization of the sector for more participation:

5.     Security

6.     Funding

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, as we gather here today to celebrate this year’s World Wildlife Day, I want to strongly plead and appeal to all of us to join hands together to protect our environment. Humanity must take no more from nature than nature can replenish. Let us say “NO” to indiscriminate tree felling, killing of animals, use of chemical to fish and wildlife trafficking. Animal has right of life as we all have as humans. I want to therefore urge the government at all levels i.e. from federal, State and local governments, the civil society, private sector, individuals to add their voices and take practical actions towards conserving wildlife and ensure its sustenance for the present and future generations. It is a business for all of us, hence, nobody is permitted to be an onlooker.

FUTA WILDLIFE PARK, A WONDERFUL PLACE TO VISIT TO EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

NEW THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FUTA WILDLIFE PARK

FUTA Wildlife Park named after Professor Timothy Afolayan, where there are different wild animals kept in captivity with some other species left to roam around in free range.

The wildlife park has in possession;

Fauna and Flora, a picnic site, children play ground and a museum housing ancient Artifacts and amazing items with a 12.3 feet long Rock Python.

Avian of different species with the largest land bird (Ostrich),

Primates of different species e.g. cercocebus, cercopithecus among others,  

Reptiles of different species with king Cobra, Crocodiles, etc.

Ungulates such as Red flank Duiker, Donkeys, etc.

Different flora, all kept in a natural attracting setting.

The park operates 8:00am to 4:00pm daily entertaining individual and group visitation.

Check on the park today and thank me later, a wonderful place to be.

NEVER TREAT THEM WRONG, WOMEN DESERVE BETTER CARE AND TREATMENT.

NEVER TREAT THEM WRONG, WOMEN DESERVE BETTER CARE AND TREATMENT.

I ones witness a child delivery in a hospital, where I made up my mind never to assault or maltreat woman in any side of life. Women go through a lot to make things happen as opposed to what the JAGABAN said, (SHE'S MEANT FOR THE KITCHEN, THE LIVING ROOM AND THE OTHER ROOM)

Gender equality is nothing but a phrase, letting both sexes understands reasons to behave in Gods approved way is the best. I wish we can forget equality and teach ourselves things of God.

Of no doubt will I say, the guy that assaulted BOLUWATIFE IN FUTA SOUTHGATE AREA has displayed what is happening right in his background. Where on earth has he gathered the courage to do that if not being practiced in his immediate environment? Same as those ladies, who turned her, a lady of their kind into a punching practicing bag/WWE. Honestly, the video got me crying.

I give kudos to the management of FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AKURE, for the quick action and justice made with immediate effect.

 With this occurrence I will advise ladies;

Love is not defined as endurance to maltreatment or brutality.

Love is not measured but the number of beatings you can endure.

Never misinterpret love for suffering. God has defined and demonstrated it to all man through Jesus Christ.

Any form of beating, slapping, abusive words, destruction of properties, and any other form of abnormalities are not ideal.

If you eventually get married to that guy that shouts on you, embarrass you, it means short life time is assured.

Do not be fools to think He will change; changing such attitude does not come in centuries, and when assaulted, please raise alarm, let the world intervene, not every man you see are real, some are animals in man image.

And to ladies, never be the first to raise your hand against a man, it might not favour you face.

I so submit.

Comrado BANKIZZY.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE.

With heart full of sorrow and face full of heavy tears I write to every concerned office.

The indiscriminate killing of our free ranged wild animals on campus these days has grown to a point that needs immediate attention.

Studying Ecotourism and Wildlife in FUTA has no meaning if the students of the department cannot begin the practice of what they are learning theoretically in classes on campus aside travelling to protected areas around the country.

Recent research has given information that states thus; “Over 80% of the Wildlife species has gone into extinction”. All these happened due to the existence and actions of human on them.

The species of animals we have in captivity inside Professor. T. A. Afolayan Wildlife Sanctuary, are just what we have been seeing there for decades compared to the species of animals found in the Zoological garden of University of Ibadan.

The free range animals we have in FUTA had to strive more for survival after the construction of a road which opened the park and Botanical garden, also farm land cultivation along the road where these animals could live, which has subjected them to indiscriminate killing by students and poachers.

On 18^th of October, a Colubridae snake was killed along academic road for no reason.

On 4^th of November, 2019, a giant, gorgeous, beautiful and grown up python was murdered in cold blood right on this campus. This news left a scar of sorrow on my heart because, the appearance of the snake alone can command a lot of revenue if conserved in the park. 

A lot of visitors which I have been able to Tour Guide in the Pro. T. A. Afolayan Wildlife Sanctuary always ask for snakes because it is a creature that amaze human and I was ones asked by a tourist that, “what do you now have, when there are no snakes??”

We the student of wildlife are ready to take action if the management can strengthen us by either passing a memorandum or including it in our student hand book as a rules and regulations that, NO WILD ANIMAL MUST BE KILLED BY ANYBODY ON THIS CAMPUS, BE IT STUDENT OR STAFF, INSTEAD, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SECTOR SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO CARE FOR THE SITUATION.

A penalty should be attached to this so as to make it effective.

This letter is not composed with Aluta mind set, but with student complaint mind set.

I wish the school management can have a day to visit University of Ibadan to see their conservation status and how sophisticated the zoological garden is, which can easily interprets to students on the campus that, instead of killing any free range animals seen, there is an appropriate quarters to call to.

If well equipped, the Wildlife Park in FUTA can be a major source of income for the University IGR just as UI Zoo commands high price and visitation.

LET THE KILLING OF WILDLIFES BE STOPPED

WE DESTROYED THEIR HABITAT

THEY DESERVE TO LIVE.

I SO SUBMIT.

THE FUTURE WILDLIFE CONSERVERS CRIES OUT. 

DO YOU KNOW HUMANITY CAN FACE EXTINCTION SOON?

DO YOU KNOW HUMANITY CAN FACE EXTINCTION SOON?

Do you know the natural ecosystem has a way of balancing itself before human intrusion?

Micro-organisms give nutrients to plants,

The plants serve as food for the herbivorous animals,

The Herbivores are being eaten by the carnivores,

The carnivores have classes in which some can get rid of other species

Some of the apex carnivore has weak uterus which affects their effectiveness in reproduction and cub’s survival.

When the apex carnivore dies, it decomposes and returns as nutrient into the soil.

They put check on one another and the ecosystem remains balance.

Do you know?

The existence of man uttered it all by;

Deforestation

Habitat degradation

Over exploitation

Greediness

No future instinct.

Over 80% of the diverse species has been exploited to extinction.

NOTE:       HUMANITY CAN EXPERIENCE EXTINCTION WHEN THE LAST TREE FALLS.

HOW TERRIBLE AND BORING WILL THIS PLANET BE IF ALL ANIMAL SPECIES GOES INTO EXTINCTION?

BE WATCHFUL