The Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA), says it has confiscated and auctioned 3,290 bags of charcol between Jan. and Sept. 2021.
Mr Ibrahim Kabir, Director General of the Agency, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Wednesday.
Kabir said the commodity was confiscated by the staff of the agency deployed across the state to guard against indiscriminate felling of trees.
He said that 20 persons had been arrested and prosecuted for the offence, stressing that the Agency would not hesitate to arrest, confiscate and prosecute culprits found to be involved in destroying forest resources in the state.
