President Muhammadu Buhari has had his say on the severe climate challenges confronting Nigeria.
According to him, “Nigeria is a neighbour to the Sahara Desert, Lake Chad is shrinking while population is exploding.”
He revealed this in a meeting with the Nigerian Youths Climate Group briefly his departure for Abuja at the conclusion of his engagements during the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA74), in New York on Friday.
His words, “It’s a challenging situation. With less land, less rainfall, these are very unique problems for the country.”
He then hailed the youth for representing Nigeria at UNGA as Climate Change Champions by saying, “It is good you are participating so that you can appreciate the problems older people are having.”
Esther Agbarakwe, one of the leaders of the youth group, also said, “This is the first time we are seeing a President sit with us.
”It gives us hope. We young people understand the problems, and are in the vanguard of advocacy.
“The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Climate Change Department works with us for solutions.”
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