Yemi Olakitan
The Lagos State’ Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced plans by the state to embark on waste conversion projects and its participation at the ongoing 28th session of Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, may have yielded desired dividends.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, recently broke the news at an event held at Nigeria Pavilion, where he also presented Phase Two of the Lagos State Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan (LCARP) before global partners.
Sanwo-Olu said the two waste sector projects were at a pivotal stage, awaiting technical review by interested partners and disbursement of funds in order to transform the ideas to reality.
In a statement on Monday the two waste conversion initiatives, which the state pitched at the global climate summit, attracted interest from investors. They are: advanced garbage collection and waste-to-energy project, and building of new sewage treatment plant.
The development, the governor said, marked another step forward in Lagos’ journey towards environmental sustainability and resilience, noting that the projects, if successfully delivered, would turn what had been a burden to opportunity for the state.
He said the investments represented his administration’s commitment to improve the lives of Lagosians and maintain the status of the state as a beacon of progress.
Sanwo-Olu also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sheikh Abdul Rahman Saif bin Saif Al Sharqi, chairman of Nigerian-Arabian Gulf Chamber of Commerce (NAGCC), at JAFZA One Convention Centre in Dubai.
The agreement will facilitate, mutually undertake, and explore trade and investment opportunities between Lagos and Arabian Gulf Chamber of Commerce (GCC) member countries.
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The MoU will also provide a structured platform for dialogue, collaboration and exchange of innovative ideas between the business communities of Lagos and Arabian GCC.
Also, Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, yesterday, took his campaign against threats of ocean surge, coastal erosion, environmental pollution and their related impacts to the global stage.
Speaking during the United Nations Convention for Conserving River Deltas (UN-CCRD) unveiling session, Diri solicited global concerted efforts to address the effects of oceanification and climate change on Bayelsa coastal communities.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying that in the past few years, no fewer than 20 coastal comm
unities in the state had almost been submerged or lost substantial amounts of land to ocean surge and rising sea waters.
He said the communities include Agge, Akassa, Agoro, Brass and Ekine, Ezetu, Foropa, Koluama 1 & 2, Odioama and Okpoama.
Meanwhile, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) said the West owes Africa and the global south climate debt, and that the time to start paying is now.
CAPPA said the plight of impacted communities across Africa reinforces the need for sustainable climate finance for the continent.
It called on the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference to come up with a predictable, democratic and sustainable mechanism for operationalising loss and damage that will address the impact of climate change in frontline communities across Africa.
