50 Journalists Undergo Training On Environmental Reportage
Fifty journalists drawn from the six states of the North East Nigeria are to benefit from a two day workshop on reporting the environment.
Sponsored by the Dangote group of companies the workshop, according Malam Jibrin Abubakar, Media Relations Manager of the Dangote Group Wednesday in Yola said the theme: ‘Reporting the Environment For Sustainability’, was chosen for its probable impact, and timely, because the current global climate crisis.
The participants were drawn from Adamawa, Taraba, Gombe, Yobe, Borno and Bauchi States.
Abubakar stated that the media had a significant role to play in changing the ugly narratives bedeviling the ecosystem.
He said that the workshop would be centered on some key areas of environmental sustainability that include using renewable energy, limiting waste and pollution.
Other areas to be deliberated upon are; the process of conserving water, using energy -efficient office equipment, reducing travel and travel emission.
Abubakar added that the workshop would also deliberate on creating products that were easy to recycle, construct and maintain sustainable buildings.