{"id":14659,"date":"2017-06-05T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14659"},"modified":"2017-06-05T15:50:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:50:06","slug":"cancer-rate-will-increase-in-niger-delta-if-gas-flaring-is-not-checked-prof-utomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=14659","title":{"rendered":"CANCER RATE WILL INCREASE IN NIGER DELTA IF GAS FLARING IS NOT CHECKED &#8211; PROF. UTOMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9381\">A developmental economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has posited that the rate of cancer will increase in the Niger Delta region in the near future, unless the current rate of gas flaring is checked to stop the degradation of the environment.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9382\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9383\">Prof. Utomi noted that a healthy environment is a heritage from our fathers, but sadly we may not be able to bequeath same to our children because of activities of oil majors and our poor attitude to environmental issues.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9384\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9385\">Presenting his keynote address at the 2nd mid-year national conference of the Isoko Development Union (IDU) women\u2019s wing weekend, with a theme; \u201cBuilding Healthy People and Healthy Planet,\u201d he stated that history will not treat us kindly if we fail to show concern about the environment.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9386\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13373&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9387\">While advocating for women empowerment through proper education, he said that if women are well equipped with knowledge on impact of the environment to development, they will be properly guided to take actions that will mitigate environmental challenges in the future, because women are closer to the environment as caregiver.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9388\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9389\">According to him, \u201cthere is no challenge that cannot be overcome by women, because they have milk of human kindness, therefore they are critical to development and if well educated, they can trigger up development when they apply their natural strength.\u201d<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9390\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9391\">Utomi who was given \u201cIsoko Prestigious Award,\u201d posited that there are enough resources in the world, but sadly there are high levels of poverty because of failure of leadership, adding that we have leaders who don\u2019t have the political will, \u2018the know-how and know why1things are not changing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gas-flarin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14660\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gas-flarin-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gas-flarin-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gas-flarin.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9392\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9393\">He explained that the starting point in escaping from poverty is proper education for our children and women, stressing that women are very important factor in the education of the children, especially in their moral up brining.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9394\">On his youth empowerment programme, he noted that many youths leave school certificated but lacks skill and workplace attitude, these he say, necessitated the Center for Value in Leadership to step in to fill this gap by equipping youths with the needed skills to enable them become wealth creator through self mastering.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9395\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_6760114722213053048yui_3_16_0_1_1496666171100_9396\">Earlier, in her welcome address, the President of IDU, Amb. 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