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Seychelles President Advocates End To Oil Exploration In Island Nations

 

By Izuchukwu Okosi
As global leaders gather in Glasgow, Scotland for a summit on Climate Change and its impact as well as rising sea levels, Island nations must be taken seriously in the scheme of things and oil exploration stopped, Seychelles president Wavel Ramakalawan has said.
The Seychelles president spoke at the COP26 as he addressed the future of energy production as he insisted that oil exploration in the Pacific Ocean must end immediately.

“We are already seeing some of our islands changing shape. We are seeing some of our islands losing so much landmass,” Wavel Ramkalawan told the BBC on Thursday.“There can be only one way forward. And that is to take us seriously. And to come to our help,” the Seychelles leader pleaded and added that the wealthier nations need to “step up their game.”

“We’ve rather got to look at wind energy, sun energy – at what is natural and what is renewable. We’ve got to move to energy that is sustainable, renewable. But not only that, which is safe and energy that will protect the planet. Simple as that.”

African leaders and their representatives are participating in the Summit which is hoped to bring lasting development to the continent.
Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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