Uduaghan Pledges to Empower Youths, Women With Climate Change Initiative

Experts on Green Economy have commended Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan CON, for the leading role he is playing on climate change in Africa and for the concrete measures his administration have put in place in promoting a low carbon economy.

Governor Uduaghan promised to deploy the policies and programmes  the State Government has put in place in that direction in providing empowerment for youths and women in the state.

Two leading members of R-20 (Sub-Regional Governments across the world formed to promote green economy), Mr.

Terry Tamminen and Mr. Christophe Nuttal, who were in Asaba for a workshop on Green Economy, during a courtesy call on the Governor, observed that Uduaghan was not just the first African leader to have a vision on climate change but has put the vision into action plan.

Tamminen, the Strategic Advisor to the Founding Chairman of the R-20 group, Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said that the Uduaghan administration had put in place concrete action plan in pursuit of its green economy policy.

His counterpart, Nuttall also noted that the Governor was the first African leader to have this vision about having a green economy, adding that it is so exciting not only for Africa but for the rest of the world to show that things are happening in Delta State.

Uduaghan told the team that his administration’s Green Economy and Climate Change Policy was not an end in itself but aimed at creating more opportunities to empower youths and women in the State in line with the “Delta Beyond Oil” programme.

The Governor who is also the Vice Chairman of R20 in Africa and the Middle East, disclosed that his administration has keyed into the low carbon economy to ensure that there was fresh air and that the environment was friendlier.

He reiterated that there was need for lots of assistance as it concerns climate change in the State, noting that it will be a thing of joy for Mr. Schwarzenegger to visit Delta State to see the outcome of what he initiated while he was the Governor of California State in the US.

Governor Uduaghan stated that the R20 green economy initiatives did not only end with the developed countries as developing countries were doing a lot to clean the environment.

Delta State Government Press Release