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.
In a statement, the Director of Information & Public Relations in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Segun Imohiosen, says President Tinubu has also appointed his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action.
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The Committee is to be Chaired by the President himself, while the Minister of Environment, Mister Balarabe Lawal will serve as the Vice Chairman. Mister Ngelale will serve as the Secretary of the Committee while also doubling as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. He also retains his office as spokesman to the President.
Mr Imohiosen also says the Committee will 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.
