The Global Environmental Development Platform

For about a week or so, I had a constant migraine headache coupled with a searing pain on my left shoulder, which spread down to my left arm and the left side of my body. I really do not want to give it a name – but I know those in the medical field already know what I’m talking about. It was an excruciating pain that stayed with me all week and I had to pray fervently, and when I did I found relief. Some might say; “Why didn’t you just go to the hospital to see a doctor?” The truth is I don’t like hospitals and neither do I like taking drugs. And for your information, my younger sister is a medical doctor. She would have freaked out if she heard what happened and I didn’t let her know. Anyway to cut a long story short, the bottom line of this current happening in my life was triggered by the high level of noise I had been exposed to the previous week. I went somewhere and the loud speakers which were mounted were more than the size of the auditorium. And of course the room wasn’t

THE MENACE OF LAND POLLUTION By: Ewomazino E. Okah-Avae I stood at the threshold of my house contemplating how to get in-(I actually forgot to take my keys with me while I left for my business in the morning)- when I noticed a 2005 model Toyota Land Cruiser which pulled up at the entrance to my street on the highway. A few minutes later, the driver and passenger deep in conversation opened the side window of the passenger’s seat, and out came paper bags and roasted corn curbs already eaten in quick successions, thrown directly on the highway street. I couldn’t believe my eyes! At that instant my whole being racked with anger, but before I could make a move to confront the culprits, they had already driven off. I actually stood for several long minutes, wondering how in the world so called “literate” car owners could be so little in their minds, and bereft in conscience and character as to pollute the environment in such a crude manner. This is an everyday occurrence and a typi

                                                                There is an alarming rate in the increase of pollution in the air. In other words, air pollution is on the high rise in major cities around the world. For instance, in Warri, Nigeria, the air is so laden with pollutants especially from car or automobile exhaust emissions, and it’s becoming increasingly unbearable to breathe properly even as early as seven in the morning! I particularly, have just come through a bout of cold or flu, whichever way you want to call it, as a result of this menace. And I’ m not just talking about the normal ‘flu’. A case where you sneeze or cough out mucus which actually smells like the car exhaust fumes you inhaled. The air is becoming ubreathable because of lead fumes being expelled out of the exhaust pipes of old lorries, cars, and trailers,. This is a very serious issue, one in which the Ministry of Environment at all government levels in Nigeria should look into with utmost alacr