Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the movement of herdsmen down to the southern part of the country on climate change

He gave the assertion, on Monday, in Glasgow, Scotland at the Climate Change Summit, COP 26, side event on the Great Green Wall (GGW), co-hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, the Prince of Wales, and the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani.

According to a statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity, while speaking on the theme of the event, “Accelerating land restoration in Africa, the case of the Great Green Wall initiative,” the President said it was noteworthy that the meeting was tailored towards ameliorating the problems of land degradation, desertification, depletion of the forest ecosystems and biodiversity in Africa.



The statement quoted him as saying: ‘‘With all hands on deck and concerted efforts at land restoration by African leaders, I am optimistic that Africa’s ambition of restoring over 100million hectares of the degraded landscape for productive agriculture is achievable.

‘‘Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to inform you that Nigeria will soon be assuming the leadership of Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Pan African Agency of the Great Green Wall.

‘‘Nigeria pledges her unalloyed commitment to expanding the achievements of the GGW programme in Africa from the enviable status attained under the leadership of His Excellency, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

‘‘Together we commit to the transformative process of restoring the African degraded landscape and ultimately the continent’s environment,’’ he said.


President Buhari recounted that one of the major outcomes of the fourth edition of the One Planet Summit on Biodiversity, organised by the French Government in Paris, France on 11th January 2021, was the pledge of $19.6 billion by the coalition of international communities to upscale the implementation of the Great Green Wall Initiative in Africa.

Appreciating the international partners for bringing environmental issues in Africa to the limelight, the President described the Biodiversity Summit as a direct response to the request for support by African leaders to the global communities on addressing Africa’s environmental challenges.

‘‘Since the pledges by the financial partners, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification has continued to give technical backstopping to the Pan African Agency of the Great Green Wall through the establishment of Great Green Wall Accelerator for the 2021- 2030 Decennial Priority Investment Plan for the Great Green Wall programme.

‘‘This is to fast-track the implementation process with the prime purpose of translating the pledged financial resources of 19.681Billion United States Dollars into hectares of land restoration and other livelihood improvements at various country levels,’’ he said.

Highlighting Nigeria’s role in actualising the land restoration initiative, President Buhari told the side event held on the margins of COP 26 World Leaders Summit that the country participated in drafting and harmonizing the Results Framework for the Accelerator with five cardinal pillars to address the 2021- 2030 Decennial Priority Investment Plan ambition of the Great Green Wall.

According to him, the five cardinal pillars include the restoration of 100 million hectares of degraded land; sequestration of 250 million tonnes of carbon; creation of 10 million green jobs; resilient economic development in the various Member States as well as capacity strengthening and development.

On the margins of COP26, President Buhari accompanied by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Environment (State), Petroleum (State), Power (State), the Nigerian High Commissioner to the UK, Sarafa Tunji Isola and the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari toured the Nigerian Pavilion.


At the Pavilion, the President held a bilateral meeting with the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Mr Ibrahim Thiaw.

They exchanged views on the challenges of desertification, along with climate change and loss of biodiversity in Africa, the need to recharge Lake Chad and the UNCCD support for the GGW initiative.

President Buhari stressed that Nigeria’s approach in addressing the physical and socio-economic aspects and effects of desertification, drought and climate change would prioritise the education of the local communities and the use of technology.

In his remarks, Thiaw, while congratulating Nigeria’s imminent presidency of the Heads of State and Government of the Pan African Agency of the GGW, said the world is looking up to President Buhari for leadership.

He said 11 countries including Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Djibouti, Eretria, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Sudan have been selected as intervention zones for the Great Green Wall.

He expressed confidence that the implementation of the GGW initiative would prevent and reverse the degradation of the ecosystem in the affected countries while improving the living conditions of the affected communities.

Nigeria is part of the 193 countries that have ratified the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.


The goal of the Convention, as defined by its Article 2, is to ‘‘combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought in countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, through effective action at all levels, supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.


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This Buhari Is An International Disgrace, He Just Justified Killings Done By His Brothers Internationally.

Buhari and his administration will always look for a way to give killer herdsmen and bandits soft landing.

Imagine blaming the innocent climate for all the atrocities being committed by his brothers.

I am not surprised as a matter of fact because,

1. You can't fight terrorism when you pardon terrorists and reintegrate them into the society.

2. You can't fight bandits when you say their offence are not federal offence.

3. You can't fight kidnappers when you pay them ransome and say that they're just businessmen doing their business.

Buhari Loves Bandits, Bandits Loves Buhari. QED

What nonsense

This Man Na F0*l

So they should continue to migrate abi.

Terrorist. Oloriibu

Is Dubai not desert?

Wasted president talking.

Innocent climate change



This man just dey disgrace us internationally like this, una dey look am

ok so that means we should let our doors open to them cause they are not threats but business men.

Make i take this one cup to cool down my temper before continue reading

God save your children o

Bomboclat....
Life is a bad joke...

BeeBeeOoh:




Buhari and his administration will always look for a way to give killer herdsmen and bandits soft landing.

Imagine blaming the innocent climate for all the atrocities being committed by his brothers.

I am not surprised as a matter of fact because,

1. You can't fight terrorism when you pardon terrorists and reintegrate them into the society.

2. You can't fight bandits when you say their offence are not federal offence.

3. You can't fight kidnappers when you pay them ransome and say that they're just businessmen doing their business.

Buhari Loves Bandits, Bandits Loves Buhari. QED

Robot.
Lake chad is drying up due to climate change
Un raised alarm of desertification of lake chad late 2019. The herdsmen issue is peculiar to all westafrica states. cos herders re been forced to relocate to rain forest regions.

I'm not supporting bubu on the way he handle herdsmen issue but he is right about climate change

Davash222:
Innocent climate change



This man just dey disgrace us internationally like this, una dey look am

he is right.
Climate change is causing lake chad to dry up. Un already predicted lack chad will become a desert in near future. Herders have no means than to relocate.

I don't mean to support bubu handling of herdsmen issue. But climate change is really affecting herders in westafrica.

This man well so

SonofDevil:
Robot.
Lake chad is drying up due to climate change
Un raised alarm of desertification of lake chad late 2019. The herdsmen issue is peculiar to all westafrica states. cos herders re been forced to relocate to rain forest regions.

I guess ranching is also drying up like the lake Chad at same time?

BeeBeeOoh:


I guess ranching is also drying up like the lake Chad at same time?

ranching is yet to be accepted i'm happy 22 states have keyed into FG initiative for ranching hopefully herders-farmers clash will be put to bed

SonofDevil:
ranching is yet to be accepted i'm happy 22 states have keyed into FG initiative for ranching hopefully herders-farmers clash will be put to bed

It's like you are talking about RUGA?

I mean buying of land(s) by the herdsmen to ranch their cows not FG allocating peoples lands to their brothers.

BeeBeeOoh:
It's like you are talking about RUGA?

I mean buying of land(s) by the herdsmen to ranch their cows not FG allocating peoples lands to their brothers.

No I think states will lease lands for the project and will be funded by FG.

Buhari is a terrorist

SonofDevil:
No I think states will lease lands for the project and will be funded by FG.

Wow!

States will lease lands to private businessmen and FG will fund it from the federation's account or their private account??

Nawa oh!

BeeBeeOoh:
Wow!

States will lease lands to private businessmen and FG will fund it from the federation's account or their private account??

Nawa oh!

cattle business is not ment for only northerners. Southerners that re interested in ranching can key into the initiative.
This is the best time for southerners to compete in cattle business

Another unpardonable gaffe.All these nonsense just to justify the atrocities of his killer herdsmen brothers? Just this terrorist that have given his fellow terrorists point-of-entry visa to come dispossess Natives of their lands.

Was he not the chief advocate of RUGA or waterways Bill? It is just unthinkable Nigeria have this lying slowpoke as president in a 21st century.

Climate change forced migration, so 'I decided to enforce other Nigerians to integrate migratory herders into their communities.'

Sometimes, it’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.

Buhari always take delight in exposing his folly and stupidity to the whole world.

SonofDevil:
cattle business is not ment for only northerners. Southerners that re interested in ranching can key into the initiative.
This is the best time for southerners to compete in cattle business

When will the Northerners key into spare parts business because it is not meant for Southerners alone?

Don't you think this is the best time for Northerners to compete in the spare parts business?

Buhari will go to any length to defend his killer herders

BeeBeeOoh:
When will the Northerners key into spare parts business because it is not meant for Southerners alone?

Don't you think this is the best time for Northerners to compete in the spare parts business?

my opinion is not a North vs south thank you.

SonofDevil:
my opinion is not a North vs south thank you.

We're saying the same thing nah.

Thank you too