President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the appointment of Dr Giadom Ferdinand Dumbari as the new Project Coordinator for the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP), supervised by the Federal Ministry of Environment.
The appointment, which takes immediate effect is expected to last for four years.
Until his appointment, Dumbari was a lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Geology and Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology, both from the University of Port Harcourt, and Master of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Management from Rivers State University.
A statement made available to newsmen in Abuja Tuesday by the Diretcor of Press Federal Ministry of Environment, Saghir El-Mohammed revealed that the coordinator has over twenty years experience in the conduct of impact assessment and baseline studies of Brownfields and Greenfields, with tested expertise in the development of Conceptual Sites Models of various environments.
He is also conversant with the evaluation of natural attenuation processes and effective remediation technologies for different scenarios involving contaminants such as petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other chemicals of concern.
Giadom is an expert in Remediation Project Management and was a Consultant with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) towards the implementation of its report on the clean-up of Ogoniland.
He is currently a member of Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society, Nigerian Association for Engineering Geology and a Chartered Environmental Geologist.
— Chika Okeke is a journalist with MOC and the Publisher/ Editor of Bennyokeke.blogspot.com, an online news platform.
She joined the services of LEADERSHIP Media Group in 2008 as a Reporter where she rose through the ranks as a Senior Reporter to Deputy Editor Daily, Deputy Editor, LEADERSHIP Sunday and Deputy Editor, LEADERSHIP Friday.
During her sojourn in LEADERSHIP Media Group, she had covered the activities of FCT Area Councils, Ministries of Tourism and National Orientation, Works & Housing and Environment.
With over one decade in journalism, she was able to explore various reporting and writing techniques such as feature writing, editing, investigation and editing, with over over 300 publications to her credit.
She has covered workshops and conferences, both in Nigeria and abroad.
She is currently the Treasurer, Environment Media Correspondents Association of Nigeria (EMCAN) and a member of Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ).
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