Onuigbo Gets Leadership Award In Climate Change, Urges Nigerians To Embrace Act

Athat Nigeria meets its climate MEMBER of House of change mitigation and adapRepresentatives repretation goals, said the Act prosenting Ikwuano/ Umuahia vides for the mainstreaming North/ Umuahia South of actions on climate change. Federal Constituency of Abia Speaking during the first State, Sam Onuigbo, has urged Southeast Climate Change Nigerian s to get their hands Summit held at the Centre for on the Climate Change Act in Climate Change, Nnamdi order know their responsibilAzikiwe University ( NAU), ities as citizens in tackling cliAwka, Anambra State, he statmate change in the country. ed that the Act provides for the

Onuigbo, who was rewarded setting up of the National with ‘ Leadership A ward in Council on Climate Change Climate Change’ in recogni( NCCC) to be headed by the tion of his efforts towards President Muhammadu enacting the Act and ensuring Buhari.

The members of the NCCC include Ministers, Chairman of the Governors Forum, President of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria ( ALGON), the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, National Security Adviser ( NSA), representatives of the private sector, women, youths, civil society organisations and persons living with disabilities.

According to Onuigbo, the idea behind this was to have a broad representation with the decision- making being domiciled at the highest level due to the importance of climate change.

He said: “There are also provisions for the development of a carbon budget for Nigeria with the aim of attaining net zero emission between 20502070; establishment of the Climate Change Fund and provision of checks and balances through oversight by the National Assembly and the people having access to information in order to interrogate, where necessary, efforts being made.”