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Nigeria: African Countries Tackle Water Scarcity to Combat Climate Change
Posted by Daily Trust: Alex Abutu on March 8th, 2013
Daily Trust: African countries are creating more reliable and accurate climate information, and building more durable, climate-resilient infrastructure across the sectors as part of strategies to cushion the impact of climate change. A statement issued by the United Nations backed Climate Investment Fund (CIF) said that the African strategy was supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the CIF with the intention of responding to complex problems that climate change was creating on their combined sectors...
Nigeria: Climate Change Must Be Taken Seriously – Saraki
Posted by Daily Trust: Alex Abutu on February 7th, 2013
Daily Trust: Senator Bukola Saraki, Senate Committee Chairman on Environment has urged the federal government to take serious the issues of climate change following the devastating flood that ravaged the country in 2012. Saraki, in an interview with Daily Trust said "the issue of climate change is something that must be taken seriously in Nigeria as years go by. We must also accept that some of the behaviours of our people in the aspect of where we build and the kind of infrastructure we put up can also be a...