FG To Address Environmental Challenges In Northwest

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its determination to address the environmental challenges bedeviling national development especially in the Northwest region.

The director-general of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), Yusuf Maina disclosed this during the opening ceremony of a stakeholders’ forum for northwest organised by the agency recently in Kano.

Dr Bukar, represented by the director, Resource Mobilisation and Partnership Building said the aim of the stakeholders meeting was to enhance synergy that would help in combating desertification, deforestation and restoration of degraded lands.

He noted that the agency has played a critical role in galvanising attention towards addressing challenges associated with climate change and other environmental issues.

The director-general maintained that NAGGW was committed to ensuring that synergies were being enhanced with states and local governments, civil society organisations, community leaders, youth and women groups, and persons with disabilities, among others.

He urged participants to take full advantage of the meeting in building a deliberate consensus policy that would address the menace of climate change.

Presenting a paper titled, “Tackling Food Insecurity through Enhancement of Agro Forestry,” Professor Alhassan Danladi from the Faculty of Agriculture, Usman Danfodio University Sokoto, said Agro Forestry is the way out for addressing challenges of climate change and other environmental issues.

In their separate remarks, Salam Aminu Lawal from Miyetti Allah, Kebbi State and Alhaji Nasiru Sarkin Fulani Achida Sokoto applauded the foresight of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall for organising the stakeholders’ forum, adding that it would go a long way in fine-tuning modalities for addressing environmental challenges.

The workshop themed, “Building Multi-Stakeholders Responsiveness in the Implementation of the Great Green Wall Programme in Nigeria,” attracted participants from the states of Northwest geopolitical zone of the federation.