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Appoints Ngelale special envoy on climate action
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has established a Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions, to coordinate and oversee all policies and programmes on climate action and green economic development.
According to a statement issued by Director, Information and Public Relations Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Segun Imohiosen, the President is the Chairman of the 25-member committee while the Minister of Environment is the Vice Vice Chairman.
The establishment of the committee is to remove the constraints to coordination, foster a whole-of-government approach to climate-action programmes, provide an efficient governance architecture, and ensure that all relevant institutions in the sector are plugged into the President’s vision and are collectively implementing the Renewed Hope Agenda on climate action.
The Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions consists of:
President Bola Tinubu – Chairman; Balarabe Lawal (Minister of Environment) – Vice-Chairman, Ajuri-Obari Ngelale (Special Adviser) – Secretary/Special Presidential Envoy, Lazarus Angbazo (CEO, InfraCorp) – Member, Salisu Dahiru (CEO, NCCC) – Member, Michael Ohiani (CEO, ICRC) – Member and Aisha Rimi (CEO, NIPC) – Member.
Others are Aminu Umar-Sadiq (CEO, NSIA) – Member, Yusuf Maina-Bukar (CEO, NAGGW) – Member, Abdullahi Mustapha (CEO, ECN) – Member, Abba Abubakar Aliyu (CEO, REA) – Member, Uzoma Nwagba (CEO, CrediCorp) – Member, Khalil Halilu (CEO, NASENI) – Member and Fatima Shinkafi (CEO, SMDF) – Member.
Others are Bala Bello (Deputy Governor, CBN) – Member, Lolade Abiola (UN SE4ALL) – Member, Teni Majekodunmi (NCCC Adviser) – Member, Representative, Federal Ministry of FCT – Member, Representative, Federal Ministry of Finance – Member and Representative, Federal Ministry of Power – Member.
Others are Representative, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment – Member, Representative, Federal Ministry of Water Resources – Member, Representative, Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Food Security – Member, Representative, Federal Inland Revenue Service – Member and Representative, Nigeria Customs Service – Member.
The committee functions include: “Identify, develop, and implement innovative non-oil & non-gas climate action initiatives; Coordinate all activities of relevant federal institutions towards the attainment of all agreed climate action and green economic objectives and non-oil/non-gas ambitions of the federal government and collaborate with all relevant government, subnational governments, non-government, and civil society entities towards the attainment of the climate action objectives and ambitions of the federal government.
Others are, “Collaborate with national governments and multilateral institutions towards the attainment of the climate action objectives and carbon market ambitions of the federal government; Monitor, evaluate, and guide the progress of all climate action and renewable energy projects and activities of the federal government; Track and guide the implementation of initiatives and developments conducted by the Energy Transition Working Group; Supervise the work of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen and Prepare a half-yearly green ambitions update, covering all associated climate action achievements of the federal government.
The statement said “Ngelale will retain his role as the Official Spokesperson of the President and Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, while serving on the committee.
“President Tinubu remains committed to achieving Nigeria’s green economy objectives on the path of a just energy transition while unlocking new investments in this critical sector that is central to the nation’s economic future.”
Meanwhile, a top government source has said aside from eliminating the bureaucracy and duplication of functions by various agencies and confusing of multilateral institutions on what projects to fund, this move is to enable the country access the over $100 billion set aside by multilateral institutions like World Bank, African Development Bank among others, on green economy project finance to help countries tackle the issue of climate change.
