Tag: Minister of Environment

Desertification: Minister addresses pan-African meeting in Dakar

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Minister on desertification

Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to the ‘Great Green Wall’ Initiative, while addressing the Ministerial Segment of the ‘pan-African Agency for the Great Green Wall’ in Dakar, Senegal. The Great Green Wall represents Africa’s collective effort to combat desertification, restore degraded land, and strengthen climate resilience. In his speech, the Minister highlighted Nigeria’s progress under the initiative despite existing challenges.  He said the country has produced over 37 million free seedlings and reclaimed approximately 12,506 hectares of degraded land across 11 frontline states. He…

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‘FG to roll-out Private Forests Initiative to boost environmental sustainability’ – Env. Minister, Abbas Lawal

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FG to roll out

As part of efforts to address the challenges facing forest conservation in Nigeria, the Federal Government, under the Federal Ministry of Environment, has disclosed plans to promote private forest ownership in Nigeria. Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who announced the initiative during a courtesy visit by a delegation from ATAR Communications Ltd., owners of Liberty Media Group, to his office in Abuja yesterday, said the aim of the initiative is to enable the establishment of private forests, as part of its broader efforts to achieve environmental remediation and sustainability.…

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“Northern Nigeria mostly affected by climate change” – Environment Minister

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Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Iziak Salako, has noted that the northern part of Nigeria is more vulnerable to climate change than other parts of the country. The Minister, who spoke during the launch of Report on ‘Mapping Climate Change Impact, Policy and Action in Nigeria’s 36 States including FCT‘, explained that the impact of climate change varies according to every region in the country. The Minister explained that the low rainfall in the region exposes the population, who are mostly farmers, to different climate change effects such as…

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HYPREP: Group petitions Buhari, rejects call to sack Environment Minister

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to ignore the call by some persons to sack the newly appointed Minister of Environment, Mohammed Hassan Abdullahi, over alleged shady deals in the cleanup project of Ogoniland. In a petition written to the President by Ogoni Development Drive, (ODD), and signed by its convener, Comrade Solomon Lenu, the group noted that it would be unfair to single out the new minister for any blame for the shortcomings in the effective execution of the cleanup project by the Hydro-carbon Pollution Remediation Project, (HYPREP). The…

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Desertification affecting 40m Nigerians in 15 States, 95% of livestock ? Environment Minister

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The Minister of Environment, Dr Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar, yesterday used the occasion of the 2021 World Desertification and Drought Day, (WDDD), to highlight the severity of desertification in the country, saying that 40 million Nigerians in 15 states are victims. The Minister, speaking at the WDDD event held at the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) in Abuja on Thursday, said: “Nigeria is faced with rapid desert encroachment affecting about 15 Northernmost States from severe to moderate rate. World Desertification and Drought Day is celebrated on June 17 annually to…

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