10th NCEH - COMMUNIQUE
PREAMBLE
The tenth annual National Conference on Environment and Health held Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th October, 2025 at the University of Ilesa, Ilesa, Osun State. Day 1 event held at the Basic Medical Sciences Hall, while the event for Day 2 held at the Faculty of Sciences Lecture Theatres Complex. The Conference was convened by the LivingScience Foundation Ile-Ife, in conjunction with a number of strategic partners. About seventy Institutions from across Nigeria and overseas were represented in discussing the theme: FOSTERING LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION IN ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA. The Conference was declared open by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilesa, Prof Taiwo Asaolu (FCA, PhD) who was represented by the Director of the University’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre, Dr Oladiipo Folorunso. The opening session was chaired by Rt Rev. Prof Dapo Asaju, Bishop of the Diocese of Ilesa, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), and former Vice Chancellor, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State. Other distinguished Guests at the opening session were: Oba Julius Oluropo Fatanmi. Kabiyesi Olura of Ira-Ikeji; Hon. Justice Lawrence O. Arojo, Osun State High Court of Justice, Osogbo; Prof Innocent Bariate Barikor, Director General/CEO, NESREA, Abuja (represented by Mr Kehinde Aliu, the Osun State Coordinator for NESREA), Prof Abel Oyebamiji, Dean, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ilesa, Ilesa; and Rev Bode Oluwusi, Chairman of the Board of Advisers of the LivingScience Foundation. Pastor Ezekiel Odeyemi (FIoL, FRSA, FNIM), Chairman of LivingScience Foundation’s Board of Trustees, addressed the Conference virtually via Zoom. A total of two hundred and thirty (230) participants / guests signed the attendance register at the confrence…