They made the call in separate interviews during a media training session on ‘Biosafety and Agroecology’, organised for journalists in Abuja on Tuesday.
The VC noted that universities have a unique responsibility as centres of knowledge and innovation to develop solutions to environmental problems.
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation has called for accelerated action toward clean energy, environmental restoration, and stronger protection of ecosystems.
Ms Odhomor noted that flooding had become a persistent nightmare in Nigeria
Celestine Akpobari, an environmental activist, said the situation was becoming more volatile with spills of this nature.
Mr Bassey said that the proposed sale and similar divestment efforts by companies such as TotalEnergies would undermine national interests.
The CSOs called for full payment for the remediation and restoration of the polluted areas.
Mr Bassey stated this in Dubai shortly after screening a documentary on the continuous burning of fire on the Ororo oil well in Ondo for the past three years.
“Pesticides can no longer be seen as a quick solution to agricultural challenges.’’
Nninmo Bassey, the director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has advised Nigerian youths to use poetry to advocate social change.
