– President Muhammadu Buhari met with the director-general of United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
– Irina Bokova said she was in Nigeria to strengthen the organisation’s programme in the areas of science and technology, gender and youth development and others
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, August 11, appealed to rich countries to urgently help to save the Lake Chad from extinction due to the effects of climate change.
Garba Shehu, Buhari’s spokesperson, said the president made this appeal when he received the director-general of United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Ms Irina Bokova, in Abuja.
President Buhari warned that the failure to regenerate the Lake Chad will lead to another round of migration by the people living in the areas.
Leading seven ministers to an interactive meeting with the UNESCO chief, the president said Nigeria and the other countries of the Lake Chad Basin lacked the billions of dollars required to channel water from the C into the lake to check its rapid depletion.
“Those living in the Lake Chad region have suffered untold hardship and displacement because of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists.
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‘‘If there is no farming and fishing, they will dare the desert to migrate.
“Unless the developed countries make concerted efforts to complete the feasibility study, mobilize resources and technology to start the water transfer from the Congo Basin, the Lake Chad will dry up.
‘‘The people will go somewhere and they will create problems for those countries,” he said while commending UNESCO’s support to Nigeria particularly on the ongoing rehabilitation work in the north-east and reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The president said the pathetic situation of IDPs require immediate and urgent response from international organisations such as UNSECO to provide infrastructure, health and education for the people in the area.
Bokova, who commenced a week-long visit to West and Central Africa on August 6, said she was in Nigeria to strengthen the organisation’s programme in the areas of science and technology, gender and youth development, culture, water resources development, health and environment.
The Lake Chad is in the far west of Chad, bordering on northeastern Nigeria.
The lakewith fresh water despite high levels of evaporation, is facing serious effects of climate change with fears that it could dry up.
If this happens, the over half of the lake’s area which is taken up by its many small islands could be deserted.
Good evening all!!
– Irina Bokova said she was in Nigeria to strengthen the organisation’s programme in the areas of science and technology, gender and youth development and others
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, August 11, appealed to rich countries to urgently help to save the Lake Chad from extinction due to the effects of climate change.
Garba Shehu, Buhari’s spokesperson, said the president made this appeal when he received the director-general of United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Ms Irina Bokova, in Abuja.
President Buhari warned that the failure to regenerate the Lake Chad will lead to another round of migration by the people living in the areas.
Leading seven ministers to an interactive meeting with the UNESCO chief, the president said Nigeria and the other countries of the Lake Chad Basin lacked the billions of dollars required to channel water from the C into the lake to check its rapid depletion.
“Those living in the Lake Chad region have suffered untold hardship and displacement because of the violence perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists.
READ ALSO: Exploration of oil in north-east commenced
‘‘If there is no farming and fishing, they will dare the desert to migrate.
“Unless the developed countries make concerted efforts to complete the feasibility study, mobilize resources and technology to start the water transfer from the Congo Basin, the Lake Chad will dry up.
‘‘The people will go somewhere and they will create problems for those countries,” he said while commending UNESCO’s support to Nigeria particularly on the ongoing rehabilitation work in the north-east and reintegration of internally displaced persons (IDPs).
The president said the pathetic situation of IDPs require immediate and urgent response from international organisations such as UNSECO to provide infrastructure, health and education for the people in the area.
Bokova, who commenced a week-long visit to West and Central Africa on August 6, said she was in Nigeria to strengthen the organisation’s programme in the areas of science and technology, gender and youth development, culture, water resources development, health and environment.
The Lake Chad is in the far west of Chad, bordering on northeastern Nigeria.
The lakewith fresh water despite high levels of evaporation, is facing serious effects of climate change with fears that it could dry up.
If this happens, the over half of the lake’s area which is taken up by its many small islands could be deserted.
Good evening all!!
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