NGOs Plan Townhall Meeting With Presidential Candidates News
People, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa and the University of Abuja will be organising a Town Hall Meeting with the presidential candidates of political parties in the country focused on assessing Nigeria’s environment and climate change challenges in the context of policy options ahead of the 2023 elections.
The townhall, scheduled for February 7, 2023, at the University of Abuja is informed by the need for the environment and climate justice community to assess and interrogate the plans and policies of the political parties in addressing the myriad of environment and climate crisis bedevilling Nigeria. Over 1,000 participants including civil society, the media, professional organisations, trade unions, students and the academia are expected at the townhall.
In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP Friday, the director of HOMEF, Nnimmo Bassey, stated that, while the well-being of the environment is a critical factor in a nation where most citizens depend directly on it for their existence, the issue has not been topical in the election conversation. Bassey averred that the challenges of climate change in Nigeria have intensified in recent years, adding that Nigeria, being one of the most impacted frontline countries, has seen an accelerated rate of desertification and flooding, twin manifestations that have seriously threatened security, and food sufficiency.
“Similarly, the production of crude oil and gas has resulted in profound destruction of the environment, especially in the Niger Delta. 12 years after the release of the United Nations Environment Programme report on the state of the Ogoni Environment, no significant action has been taken to remediate and curtail further oil pollution in the region,” he added.
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