The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has emerged as President of
the Great Green Wall Initiative in Africa.
Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, who
announced this at the end of the 4th Ordinary Session of the Conference of
Heads of State and Government, also stated that Nigeria has taken over the
Presidency of the Great Green Wall in Africa for the next two years.
She was quoted in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by
the Director Press, Federal Ministry of Environment, Saghir Mohammed, as
saying, “At the end of the 4th Ordinary Session of the CHSG, Nigeria took over
the Presidency of the PAGGW.
“So for the next two years, Nigeria and President Buhari
will be the President of the Great Green Wall Initiative in Africa.
“This means that within the period, Nigeria will work
assiduously towards addressing the problems of land degradation, food security,
desertification, climate change, depletion of the forest ecosystems and
biodiversity in Africa, among others.”
Ikeazor expressed optimism that with the commitment of the
President on addressing issues of climate change and desertification, a lot
would be achieved during his tenure.
She stated that last month in Glasgow, Scotland, Buhari
spoke about Africa’s ambition to restore over 100 million hectares of the degraded
landscape for productive agriculture.
The statement stated that in the President’s acceptance
speech of the PAGGW leadership, he said, “All things being equal, we shall
strengthen our efforts in the mobilisation of resources for the accelerated accomplishment
of the Decennial Priority Investment Plan 2021-2030 and its concrete
implementation.”
He stressed that the realisation of financial pledges that
emerged as an outcome of the ‘One Planet Summit’ held in January 2021 in Paris,
would be given utmost priority.
Buhari pledged that the restoration of Africa degraded
ecosystems and ensuring the resilience of Africans against climate change
effects shall be strengthened.
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