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FG Seeks EU’s Aid On Climate Change Act Implementation

Nigeria: The Federal Government has called for European Union’s support to ensure effective implementation of Climate Change Act and other environmental policies for a safe and sustainable environment in the country. This call was made by Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, Minister of Environment, during a courtesy visit by Amb. Samuela Isopi, Head of the EU Delegation to Nigeria, in Abuja.

Abdullahi revealed some of the environmental programmes already implemented and which needed EU’s support such as Climate Change Act, drought and desertification, energy transition planning, plastic waste management and illegal wildlife trading.

“We had this legislation on Climate Change Act. We are working towards implementation of the act. We are trying to see how we can navigate around some challenges of inconsistencies in the act. We need the EU and other developed countries to support Nigeria as well as other African countries to address the challenges. So, we will need some legal cooperation from the EU, to bring expertise that will help us to implement the act and other issues effectively,’’ he said.

Dr Mohammed Abdullahi, Honourable Minister of Environment

Abdullahi added that Nigeria had started preparing towards the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP 27), which is scheduled to take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. He stated that President Muhammadu Buhari had made a strong commitment about meeting the zero emission goal by 2060, adding that the Ministry wanted to ensure that the effort was actualized through the EU assistance and other global interventions.

He said that the Ministry, in collaboration with UN Office on Drug and Crime, had put in place National Strategy Policy to combat illegal wildlife trade and forest crimes in the country. Also, the Ministry was also working toward providing plans on how to tackle waste management, even though various human activities have severely eroded the environment.

He further confirmed that the Ministry had collaborated with other relevant local and international stakeholders, to ensure that environmental challenges were effectively tackled in the country.

“We are working hard to ensure that from South to North, West down to East have an environment that is friendly, as well as making sure that our land will be cultivatable. We want to also make sure that people have access to clean water so that their livelihood will also be enhanced. I hope and have confidence that collaborating with the EU, we will be able to achieve our mandates effectively,’’ he said.

Earlier, Amb. Isopi had said that the aim of the visit was to express the EU‘s commitment and support, in addition to strengthening its cooperation with Nigeria towards addressing various environmental challenges.

She said that the EU was working on an important framework for political dialogue with Nigeria and emphasized the need for continuance of such idea for efficient implementation of programmes and policies in the country.

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