BUHARI APPROVES WORK PLAN FOR NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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By ‘Leke Yusuf
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja approved a work plan for the National Council on Climate Change (NCCC).
The President conveyed his approval at the inaugural meeting of the Council chaired by him, with Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as Vice Chairman and the Director-General of NCCC, Dr Dahiru Salisu as Secretary, among other members.
The President also approved the deployment of staff from key Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to the Council to ensure its effective take-off. Responding to a number of requests by the Director-General of the Council, on ensuring a smooth take-off and operationalization of the Council, Buhari approved the proposed Institutional Arrangement (Organogram) for the Council, as presented.
He also okayed the operationalization of the office space to provide a conducive working environment for the Council and development of Open Market Carbon Trading Framework and Infrastructure (Phase I) in collaboration with M/S Rosehill Group Limited. At the meeting, the President approved that the Energy Transition Plan and Office be subsumed into the National Council on Climate Change to ensure continuity and sustainability of the initiative in accordance with the Climate Change Act 2021.
The President also endorsed the Council as the Designated National Authority for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Director-General of the NCCC as the UNFCCC National Focal Point, in line with the Climate Change Act 2021.
Commending the management for their dedication to duty, the President urged the team to work diligently toward finalising the National Climate Action Plan. He noted that the Plan would provide the sustainable framework for all climate related activities in Nigeria and also provide surest tool for engagement with the global community.
The President recalled that he had assented to the Bill setting up the National Council on Climate Change, which was followed by the appointment of the Director-General and subsequent inauguration of the Council on the 28th September, 2022.
Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi said with the unflinching support of the President, Nigeria is set to take the lead on climate change issues, biodiversity, wild life conservation & energy transition plan implementation in Africa in line with her commitments under the UNFCCC.
Abdullahi thanked the President for his strong leadership of the Pan Africa Agency of the Great Green Wall (PAGGW), the Sahel and Sahara Initiative, Climate Commission of the Sahel Region and the Lake Chad Basin Development Authority.
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