By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Federal Government has stated that it has created 74,413 employment opportunities for Nigerians through effective implementation of various environmental projects in the country.
The Minister of State, Environment, Chief Sharon Ikeazor said this at the closing of the 15th National Council on Environment (NCE) on Friday, in Abuja.
“The ministry has been able to create 74,413 direct and indirect jobs through the implementation of various people oriented projects and programmes as of the second quarter of 2021.
“A total number of 25,263 persons classified as the rural and poorest of the poor have received various livelihood enhancement trainings and support and have gone ahead to make a decent living for themselves,’’ she said.
Ikeazor said that the ministry had been working hard to meet obligations under Paris Agreement in which it was a signatory to, adding that the government had been able to achieve its obligations.
She said that some of the achievement included revising the National Policy on Climate Change (NPCC) which was approved in June by the Federal Executive Council.
She also said that the government had developed an Adaptation Communication document, which would highlight the adaptation efforts to the impacts of climate change.
