Deputy Secretary General of United Nation and former Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, Amina Mohammed paid a courtesy visit to the minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril on Abjua. She stated during her visit that womenare at the center of addressing the issues of climate change in Africa. She noted that it is important for women to be empowered because they are responsible for the livelihood of the family and society.
The former minister said together with the environment minister, they have to set the pace to show how development works with the environment and how central it was for women empowerment.
“We have done that through a number of initiatives and there is need to strengthen them because it is the environment that is the solution, by empowering women and giving them what is their right,” she said.
“We are aligning and collaborating with the African Union as there is 2030, there is 2063. We want to make sure that this alignment reinforces the investment we made with people and other financial resources to Nigerians and the rest of the continent,” she added.
She explained that the whole mission to Nigeria was about the role of women in peace and security, particularly the many issues faced in the north-east and the Niger Delta region of the country.
She however, pledged the UN continued support in addressing environmental challenges, saying the Ogoniland cleanup and Green Bonds reforms should get a better priority from government. In his remarks, Jibril appreciated the effort of the UN in the environment sector, saying, it has been playing a very vital role.
“They have collaborated with the Federal Government to produce the UNEP report on Ogoniland and this is the foundation we are using for the Ogoniland cleanup. The UN has also given us support to strengthen our EIA process, it is good thing for us and we believe we are on the right track,” he said.
Source: www.daily trust.com.ng