Iwuanyanwu: I’ll Devote My Remaining Life for Serving Humanity
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
An elder statesman and the Chairman Board of Trustees of the Global Coalition for Sustainable Environment, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has expressed a desire to use the remaining part of his old age and resources to support noble global causes such as promotion of love and uplift of humanity.
He, an engineer by profession, also said that he would partner with other professionals to help create solutions to environmental problems caused by climate change.
Speaking on the outcome of the meeting of the group in Abuja, Iwuanyanwu said the coalition intends to pursue a campaign for an eco-friendly environment that maintains harmonious balance with human activities on a sustainable basis.
He pledged to lead the campaign for global peace and sustenance of the environment as part of his own commitment towards fulfilling the major commandment of God to mankind, which is summarised in Love
Speaking on the outcome of the meeting of the group in Abuja, Iwuanyanwu said the coalition intends to pursue a campaign for an eco-friendly environment that maintains harmonious balance with human activities on a sustainable basis.
“I pledge to use the remaining part of my life and resources (intellectual and material) to support massively noble global causes such as this that will promote love and uplift of humanity as his own commitment towards fulfilling the major commandment of God to mankind which is summarised in Love,” he said.
According to Iwuanyanwu, part of the strategies of the group is to carry out advocacies and awareness campaigns on the human activities that promote climate change and its negative effects on the environment.
He said that the idea is to strike a delicate balance between environmental exploitation by the present generation and preservation for the next generation to ensure a friendlier ecosystem and sustainable environment while driving maximum benefits from our endowments.
He said the meeting came up with the following Objectives: “To Assemble Engineers, Scientists and other professionals with the commitment and passion for creating awareness on the diverse ills on the environment for the benefit of present and future generations, to promote mitigation measures that would reduce the activities that impact negatively on the three dimensions of the environment.
Other objectives of the coalition is to create solutions and promote remedial measures that will protect and also improve and preserve the quality of the environment leading to enhanced health and wellbeing of living organisms. promote policies, projects and activities that would restore ecosystems, protect and improve the livelihoods of people and animals that depend on them.
Iwuanyanwu also said that the coalition intends to promote best sanitation, hygiene and general public health practices and thus prevent widespread transmission of diseases.
“This will ensure a healthy populace who can further preserve the quality of the environment by averting the contamination and degradation of air, water, and land resources,” he said.
Iwuanyanwu said the coalition which has Mr. Babatunde Oshiodi as its Coordinator will formally be inaugurated in two months time after all necessary registration, documentation and set up of the secretariat with all necessary work tools/ social media handles fully established.
