TO promote sustainable energy and environment in Nigeria, young lawyers are set to participate in laws and policies that drive the sector.
Speaking on the development in Warri, Delta State, yesterday, Princess Yoma Eshemitan, Team Lead for the Environmental Sustainability working group, a subcommittee under the Nigerian Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Forum (NBA-YLF), Energy and Sustainability Committee, emphasized the role of youths in the quest to achieve sustainable energy and clean environment in Nigeria, describing them as critical stakeholders.
Eshemitan, who is Legal Adviser of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), Youthwing, and an environmental activist, pointed out that youths were the most people impacted by problems that affect the environment.
“This committee is a pretty intense one as we’re charged with the responsibility of being the voice of Nigerian young lawyers in the advocacy for the sustainability of the environment, sustainability of youth led businesses, sustainability of the Energy sector and human capital development. “The youths are the present and future and every impact within the ecosystem and crucially, the energy sector most affects us.
“So it is our goal to speak up on our position and be recognized in decision making and policy within the sector.
She added that their assignment is hinged on efforts of the NBA-YLF to “drive impactful initiatives for the growth and development of young lawyers across Nigeria.
“It would be noted that the 34-member Energy and Sustainability Committee chaired by Toma Fortune, is among 11 others composed by the governing council of the NBA-YLF to address critical areas affecting young lawyers and “provide platforms for active participation, innovative solutions, and professional growth.”
She added that as representatives of young Nigerian lawyers within the energy space worldwide, the group is saddled with the responsibility of ensuring “that our voices are heard and we drive transformative change within the sector. We must speak to sustain our environment, as young lawyers.
