INVESTORS WARNED AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Local Government, Housing, Early Education and Environmental Protection Minister, Nkandu Luo has warned investors against polluting the environment.

Professor Luo says some investors, flouting environmental protection laws, have unfortunately not been punished by previous governments.

She has cited the frequent pollution of water and roads by investors, who transport toxic materials used in the mines.

She observed that such cases have long term effects on the environment and the health of people.

Professor Luo was speaking in Ndola’s Maposa area, where an unknown truck spilled materials used to manufacture sulphur dioxide.

Meanwhile, an environmentalist has appealed to government to re-consider constituting a separate ministry for environmental protection issues.

The appeal is from Zambia Institute of Environmental Management Executive Director, Morgan Katati.

Mr Katati has observed that embedding environmental issues in the Ministry of Local Government is an act of misplacement.

He has noted that environment and local governance are two different issues, which will be difficult to put together.

Mr Katati has added that his organisation feels environmental issues are of serious nature and they should have been placed together with land, water and energy.