FG Orders Banks, Telecoms Companies to Conduct Environmental Audits

Federal Government has ordered banks and telecommunication companies to conduct environmental audits in their various domains in to safeguard the environment and reduce toxic waste from the organization.

The Director-General, a Federal Government agency, Professor Aliyu Jauro, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking with journalist during the maiden edition of the National Environmental Compliance Award, organised by the organisation.

Jauro said toxic waste from the affected organisations has been on the increase, and that a meeting was held in Lagos, which had officials of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, Banks and telecommunication companies.