By Obiabin Onukwugha
The Nigeria Environmental Society (NES), last weekend, honoured the Director-General/Chief Executive of National Oil Spill Detection And Response Agency (NOSDRA), Mr. Idris Olubola Musa, with two prestigious leadership awards.
This comes as the Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR), also nominated NOSDRA for Distinguished Service Awards.
The awards according to the NES, underscore Olubola’s remarkable leadership and unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability.
The NOSDRA boss was awarded during the 32nd National Conference/AGM of the Nigeria Environmental Society (NES), which took place in the Coal City of Enugu state.
The awards received by the DG/CE NOSDRA are a testament to his exemplary leadership in promoting environmental sustainability and technological innovation.
The NES also conferred Olubola with the esteemed Honorary Fellowship Award, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to environmental sustainability in Nigeria.
Also, the nomination by the BPSR is as a result of the agency’s pioneering innovation in the Federal MDA Mobile Application that dedicated to addressing the critical issue of gas flaring.
The BPSR said NOSDRA has demonstrated excellence as a Distinguished Govtech TRAIMIL Trailblazer, setting new standards in governmental technology initiatives.
It was gathered that NOSDRA stands as the sole agency in Nigeria equipped with the digital prowess to monitor and track gas flaring, while offering invaluable statistical data on the environmentally impactful activity.
According to the BPSR, gas flaring, a practice that has led to the loss of billions of dollars and severe environmental consequences, is being effectively curbed by the innovative solutions introduced by NOSDRA.
The introduction of the gas flaring tracker, initiated a few years ago by the DG, Mr. Idris Olubola, has consistently provided vital statistics on the volume of gas being flared in metric tons, along with its equivalent monetary impact in Nigeria.