By Bisola Adeyemo
The wife of Nigerian President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has called for a global solution on how to tackle the negative impact of climate change on women and children in Africa.
She made the appeal in a statement issued on Monday made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja by her Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Mr Aliyu Abdullahi.
The statement stated that it is unfortunate that women and children are at the receiving end of the negative impact of climate change in Africa.
While expressing the need for stakeholders, the First Lady said stakeholders should be able to develop concrete solutions to problems associated with the devastating impact of climate change on women and children.
The statement reads, “The impact of climate change has not only affected development but also women and children who are always at the receiving end of any type of crisis,” she noted.
“My foundation, the Aisha Buhari Foundation, had in the last six years provided support to victims of insurgency and other natural disasters who are mostly women and children in Nigeria.”
Mrs Buhari spoke when she joined other African first ladies in the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey.
The event was organised by the Turkish first lady, Mrs Emine Erdogan, to interface with her African counterpart to providing ways in tackling the negative impact of climate change on women and children on the continent.