Nasarawa State Investment and Development Agency (NASIDA) has trained 200 Small and Medium Enterprises on climate-smart practices with a view to mitigating effect of climate change in their respective areas.
NASIDA’s managing director, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, told journalists on the sidelines of the sensitisation workshop on climate-smart practices in Lafia that the beneficiaries were drawn from across the state.
Represented by the head, infrastructure finance and team lead, public-private partnership (PPP) in the agency, Mrs. Mayowa Edgar, Mr. Abdullahi explained that the engagement was aimed at empowering businesses with the necessary knowledge and tools to adopt climate-smart business practices that would enhance productivity at minimal cost.
He noted that workshop was in line with the development of a Climate Investment Platform (CIP) by NASIDA in collaboration with Murty International Limited through grant support from the African Climate Foundation.
“We are now bringing some of the ideas and learnings from our stakeholder’s engagement on CIP, fine-tuned by our experts, to show the business community things they can do practically to help their businesses to be more climate-friendly and even save costs in the long run.
“We know that if our businesses are more climate-sustainable in their approaches, they will be able to unlock better financing in the long run.
“You can save cost in the immediate and unlock financing for your business in the long run because organizations are willing to support if your business can meet the criteria for green and sustainability in the business community,” he said.
