Kelechukwu Okezie, Neighbourhood Environment’s executive director, described the move as inconsistent with the reserve’s legal status and conservation mandate.
The petitioners claimed that the NYSC officially confirmed that the minister did not complete his one-year mandatory service at a stretch.
The relocation should be viewed as a policy matter rather than a subject of geographical controversy.
He stated that the development posed a major setback to the economic and agricultural activities in the state.
Catriona Laing expressed concern over a potentially adverse effect of the naira scarcity on logistics for deploying foreign election observers.
