COLERMSA CELEBRATES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
Every June 5 of every year is always a special day
for all environmentalists all around the world as it signifies the day we
celebrate the environment. This year was not exempted as people from different
profession across the globe joined in the celebration of the World Environment
Day (WED) by taking part in environmental action and becoming an agents of
change for positive impacts on our mother earth, our most valuable asset.
This year’s theme is on ‘The Illegal Trade in
Wildlife’, which is eroding Earth’s precious biodiversity, robbing us of our
natural heritage and driving to the brink of extinction our God-given species
of several importance.
Hmmmm !!!
Can’t forget the story of the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
with all its beauty and special genetic make-up, man due to his selfish and
stomach infrastructure mentality killed this specie till the last of its kind
was completely driven to oblivion at the Ciccinanti Zoo. Martha, We hope to see
you again, because we have missed you and the potentials in you that we didn’t
realise.
As an environmentalists in the making, we have
decided to celebrate this in such a unique way by taking the news of wildlife
conservation to some selected students fellowship around the University milieu.
Some of these fellowships are The Redeemed Christian Fellowship (RCF), Chapel
of Grace, Funaab and Nigerian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (NIFES). At
these fellowships, students were educated on the need to conserve wildlife
species, its benefits and the possible consequences.
We need your support in the conservation of this
wild fauna. Your pledge and engagement will empower people to understand the
damage the illegal trade in wildlife is doing to our environment, economies,
community and security.
Whoever you are, and wherever you live, please “Go
Wild For Life” and save our planet.
HAPPY
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY.
Signed;
Com (Hon) Ogunyemi Olakunle Joshua.
President, COLERMSA.