Communication experts have warned that oil pollution, flooding and other environmental challenges continue to threaten Nigeria’s sustainability goals, urging oil companies to engage more effectively with host communities.
The experts, Prof Abdullahi Bashir and Prof Angela Nwammuo, spoke in separate presentations at the second NNPC Foundation Symposium on Energy and Environmental Communication, held recently at Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos. The event brought together stakeholders from academia, the media, policy circles and the development community to discuss the role of environmental communication in promoting sustainable development and climate resilience.
The two-day symposium was organised by the Centre for Media and Communication Research of Pan-Atlantic University in partnership with the NNPC Foundation.
In her presentation, Nwammuo, a professor of Mass Communication at Southern Delta University, Ozoro, Delta State, warned that environmental degradation continued to undermine sustainability efforts across Nigeria.
Presenting a paper titled, “Strategic Environmental Communication for Promoting Sustainability in Nigeria,” Nwammuo said environmental sustainability depended not only on policies and technology but also on how environmental issues were communicated, understood and acted upon.
