Addressing Nigeria’s environmental challenges
At an event to commemorate this year’s World Environment Day, the federal government observed that climate change is a major threat to sustainable development. Director of the Department of Climate Change, Federal Ministry of Environment, Iniobong Abiola-Awe, who stated this at an event to mark the WED organised by the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation in Abuja, hinted that developing countries, such as Nigeria, are particularly vulnerable to climate-related risks due to rapid population growth, urbanisation pressures, infrastructure deficits and other developmental challenges.
19th June 2026