In a strategic move to boost climate and green economic initiatives, President Bola Tinubu has raised a committee and appointed Chief Ajuri Ngelale as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action.
Ngelale will serve in this role as part of a larger Presidential Committee to be chaired by the President, Segun Imohiosen, Director, Information & Public Relations at the OSGF disclosed on Sunday.
The Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions will coordinate and oversee all policies and programmes on climate action and green economic development.
This is to facilitate 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, collectively implementing the Renewed Hope Agenda on climate action.
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The committee is mandated to identify, develop, and implement innovative non-oil and non-gas climate action initiatives; coordinate all activities of relevant federal institutions towards the attainment of all agreed climate action and green economic objectives and non-oil/non-gas ambitions of the federal government; collaborate with all relevant government, subnational governments, non-government, and civil society entities towards the attainment of the climate action objectives and ambitions of the federal government.
It will also collaborate with national governments and multilateral institutions towards the attainment of the climate action objectives and carbon market ambitions of the federal government; monitor, evaluate, and guide the progress of all climate action and renewable energy projects and activities of the federal government; track and guide the implementation of initiatives and developments conducted by the Energy Transition Working Group; supervise the work of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen and also prepare a half-yearly green ambitions update, covering all associated climate action achievements of the federal government.
Chief Ngelale will retain his role as the Official Spokesperson of the President and Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, while serving on the committee.
“President Tinubu remains committed to achieving Nigeria’s green economy objectives on the path of a just energy transition while unlocking new investments in this critical sector that is central to the nation’s economic future”, the statement read.
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