Nigeria to exploit green fund for development-Minister
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he said that towards that end the environment ministry was working closely with the federal ministry of power works and housing to generate renewable energy as a way of mitigating the effect of climate change1 by patricia amogu the federal government said on thursday that it would explore all possible avenues to ensure that nigeria benefitted immensely from the green climate fund gcf.1 the minister of state for environment malam ibrahim jibril stated this at a gala dinner and certificates award night organised by the african unions au scientific technical and research commission in abuja to mark the end of a three-day capacity building consultative workshop for au member states1 the consultative workshop was an avenue to train representatives of african states on how to access the gcf1 according to the minister accessing the fund will go a long way towards addressing climate change-related issues in the country1 the green climate fund is an operating entity of the un financial mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change1 he added that it was in a bid to address climate-related issues that nigeria became the first african country to raise the sovereign green bond in line with the objectives of the paris agreement of 2015 to which it is a signatory1 the minister stated that the government would encourage the 36 states of the federation to put proposals that would stand the test of time and to benefit from the gcf1 he then urged participants to return to their various countries and apply the knowledge and lessons learned during the interactive sessions to help grow the various agencies parastatals organisations and academic institutions in their countries1 highpoint of the evening was the award of certificates of participation to all the key stakeholders participants and resource persons1 the new agency of nigeria nan reports that at least 20 african countries were represented at the workshop1