The Conservator-General, National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim
Goni, says the Federal Government will take over 10 new parks between November
and December 2023.
Goni disclosed this while receiving the nine commissioners
from the 10 new national parks on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the parks could be handed over to the Federal
Government between November and December so that by 2024, they would be
included in the national budget.
“At the moment, the approved national parks are being
gazetted by the Federal Ministry of Justice.
“With the gazetting, it means they have now become full-fledged
national parks; we are waiting for the parks to be handed over by the
respective state governors to the Federal Government as national parks,” he
said.
The conservator-general said the reason for the meeting was
to update the stakeholders on the progress made so far on the handing and
taking over of the 10 new national parks by the Federal Government.
“We have held two stakeholder meetings before this time
where we discussed the presidential proclamation and the concurrence of the
National Assembly.
“Most of the states have told us that they have acquired
office accommodations, administrative offices and accommodations for the
officers of the parks for the smooth take-off of the ten new parks in their
respective states.
“And they have also assured us of the corporation of the
communities where these parks are domiciled,’’ he said.
Goni said people of the communities had expressed their
willingness to support the smooth take-off of the parks.
He expressed optimism that the gesture would develop their
areas and provide employment opportunities.
Goni listed other benefits to the host communities to
include security, mitigation of climate change, and regeneration to truncate
rural migration.
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