The Conservator – General of the National Park Service (NPS), Dr. Ibrahim Goni, has said that collaborative efforts of relevant agencies is the panacea to tackling insecurity in the nation’s parks. He also talked about scientific method for the same purpose.
Dr. Ibrahim Goni, who spoke when a team from National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) paid him a visit in Abuja, stressed the need for the exploration of collaborative efforts between his agency and NASRDA to effectively tackle the security challenges.
According to him, the collaboration would also reduce the engagement of manpower at the national park service.
“Our plans and mandate are to secure the plants and animals in the designated national parks in the country; your agency is key due to the advantages to be explored.”
He said that NPS is essential to the conservation of the country’s national parks, saying that his agency has concluded plans to draft a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a working document to fast track the partnership.
Earlier, the Director-General of NASRDA, Dr. Matthew Adepoju, said that an institution like the National Park Service should be supported with all the necessary government apparatus.
“And that is why NASRDA believes that with technology, we can support the service; it is incredible how technology can help us do a lot.
“We have conducted some research that needs collaboration with the national park in the area of forest management, monitoring and the health condition of the vegetation which is fauna and flora and is very paramount.”
Adepoju said that NASRDA had done some researches in the area of ecotourism because tourism is one of the critical areas of national development.
He said that tourism has been neglected because the country has not taken good opportunity of the endowment that God has given it.
