The Attorney General of Rivers State, Worgu Boms, has described the ongoing Energy, Environment and Investment Forum as a way of making the citizens of the state interested in the energy sector and the environment.
He stated that part of the focus of the forum was to solve the devastation to the climate that comes from the environment and other activities in the mining sector and how it can be solved.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Mr Boms pointed out that one of the benefits of the forum would be the refocusing of the State’s activities to the energy sector and not wait for oil companies to do so.
He insisted that people of Rivers State needed to know more about energy, its use and importance. “People across board should be aware of what is happening in the state and to their environment”.
He noted that there were some forms of energy that are cleaner, purer and more dependable than oil such as wind, solar amongst others.
He further stated that the forum would look at ways of providing more job opportunities, through exploration of alternative sources of energy, a development he stressed would help reduce the rate of unemployment in the state.
