Nigeria: Sultan Challenges Govt On Climate Change

Posted to the web 30 June 2008 The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III, has challenged the federal and state governments to sensitise the citizens on the effects of climatic change. Abubakar threw the challenge in his palace yesterday when participants in the ongoing national workshop on climate change and adaptation paid him a courtesy visit. The workshop is being organised by the Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the Heinrich Boll Foundation, an international NGO. The Sultan affirmed that Nigerians have the right to know that climate change has a serious impact on human life, agriculture and other sectors of the economy. He noted that many citizens were not aware of the rising toll in the current climate-related disasters such as storms, drought and desertification,... [read full story]