GGW: Buhari Rules Over 11 African Countries For 2-year

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

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Given its commitment in tackling land degradation, President Muhammadu Buhari over the weekend, took over the Presidency of Pan African Agency for the Great Green Wall (PAGGW) for a 2-year tenure.

The 11 countries in Africa selected as intervention zones for the Great Green Wall (GGW) are: Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan, covering about 156 million hectares of land, with largest intervention zones located in Niger, Mali, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Within the time frame, Buhari is expected to work assiduously with the Federal Ministry of Environment in addressing issues bordering on land degradation, food security, desertification, depletion of the forest ecosystems and biodiversity within the intervention zones.

These were the climax at the just concluded 4th Ordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government (CHSG) of the PAGGW in Abuja.

In his acceptance speech, Buhari promised to intensify efforts in mobilising resources for the accelerated accomplishment of the Decennial Priority Investment Plan (DPIP) 2021-2030 and its concrete implementation action.

He vowed to step-up plans towards realising the financial pledges made during the 'One Planet Summit" held on 11th January, 2021 in Paris, France.

The President was hopeful that the restoration of Africa's degraded ecosystems and tackling the impacts of climate change would be strengthened within the intervention zones.

The Minister of State for Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor, who disclosed this, noted that Nigeria and President Buhari would be the President of the Great Green Wall Initiative in Africa for the next years.

She was optimistic that given Mr President's commitment in addressing climate change and desertification as well as his high esteem within the International community, that a lot would be achieved within his tenure.

Ikeazor said that Buhari had during a Great green Wall (GGW) side event at the 26th session of the Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow, United Kingdom last month, reiterated Africa’s position in restoring over 100 million hectares of degraded landscape for productive agriculture.

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