The Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has associated incessant stormy rainfall being experienced in the country to the much talked about negative impacts of man on the environment.
The Governor stated this during a courtesy visit and the opening ceremony of the Osun Architects’ Sustainable Information Synthesis Forum in Osogbo.
He attributed much of the destruction of the global ecosystem to anti-nature activities of human beings, adding that it is these human activities that have led the worse state the global climate has receded into, manifesting in the harsh weather and incessant natural disaster that the world is witnessing today.
According to the Governor, even though nature is calm, it does not respect human beings and as such could be devastating in form of protest against unconscionable human activities.
Aregbesola, who warned of danger ahead, appealed to all stakeholders in the fight against climate change to sensitise people on the need to engage in reasonable activities.
Besides, he also canversed for a serious commitment to the greening of the environment by planting multiple trees where one is felled.
“Let me call our attention to the danger – or is it tragedy – the whole world faces today with our climate.
“Have we paused to ask ourselves why we have stormy rainfall constantly nowadays. It is either we experience this hail storm before or during rainfall and we go about as if this is a normal occurrence.
“No! We are today at the mercy of the nature and it is human activity that has led to this worse climatic conditions we now experience,” Aregbesola said.
Aregbesola also expressed his worries in the inability of the professional body to come up with a suitable material for building plan 56 years after the exit of colonialism.
Aregbesola said what also gave him anxiety was the impact of professional in the lives of the people and whether the professional cared about the welfare of the people when the plan, design and build houses.
He also lamented that over two decades after the continent’s contact with the European and 56 years after independence, Nigerian architects have yet to come up with a policy on which material is best and suitable for building plan.
He averred that the recommendation of NIA on a building roof suitable and durable for Nigeria is enough catalyst to revamp the nation’s economy.
He stressed that the situation has gone so awry that not only the roofs, but also the buildings in both urban and rural areas have so much degenerated to the level that significant numbers of them are no longer fit for human habitation.
“Up until this moment, it is not about the roofing materials alone which are unsuitable but also our buildings both in rural and urban areas have become a serious challenge.
“Our houses in urban settlement even depresses me more: most of them have passed their age of usefulness.
“If the country is committed to reviewing our human habitation through government-inspired efforts and you professionals recommend a new and durable building roofing, this alone is enough and capable of revamping our economy,” Aregbesola said.
He called on Architects to be helpful in preventing the building anarchy of modern times, adding that they should also see to era of incidents of encroachment on roads and illegal structures that is becoming rampant in our society.
Aregbesola held that encroachment and illegal structures will have been avoided if architects have helped their clients do due diligence by obtaining proper documentation for their property before building.
According to him, “in Osun, we have not only reduced the cost, we have also simplified the process of obtaining land documents and building approvals in this state.
“This is in our quest to enhance urban aesthetics, prevent future separation of buildings from roads and bring about the security that possession of documents brings. It is my hope that our architects will support this programme adequately and increase the awareness on this with their clients.”
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