In response to the threat posed by climate change, Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged everyone to take decisive action to combat it.
According to him, while the global threat was not to be resolved in a conference room, each nation had to take action in response to the peculiarities of the environmental burdens they were subject to.
The Nigerian Vice President expressed his delight in witnessing Ethiopia’s “resolute” response to the threat posed by climate change with “clarity, courage, and conviction,” on Friday during the official launch of Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital.
These were included in Stanley Nkwocha, his senior special assistant to the president for media and communications (OVP), a statement released on Friday.
The Ethiopian Green Legacy Programme aims to plant 20 billion tree seedlings over the course of four years in an effort to combat deforestation, increase biodiversity, and stop climate change’s negative effects.
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Senator Shettima urged countries to increase their climate plans by doubling their efforts to adapt and mitigate, while she is in the East African nation for an official state visit at Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali’s invitation.
He stated, “We have long recognized that climate change is a danger we must combat with practical actions, with each country rising to the occasion by responding to the peculiarities of the ecological burdens they face.”
Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative is one of these responses. It offers a visionary perspective on the future. Every country has a dream about the promise of GLI. It teaches audaciousness, purpose, and vision. The impact is even greater, but the numbers are staggering for those of us who have followed this program.
The need for the future is something we must plant, nurture, and build, according to the statement “to plant 20 billion seedlings in four years, to establish over 20 000 nurseries, and to create hundreds of thousands of green jobs in four years.”
Shettima added that he was in Ethiopia to express what he believed to be the president’s unwavering support for both Bola Tinubu and the country’s joy and exchange ideas.
He praised those who helped bring about the Green Legacy Initiative, but he also praised Ethiopia for its unwavering support. He added that both nations have a significant stake in Africa’s future.
The two most populous African nations are Nigeria and Ethiopia, according to Wikipedia. This distinction is existential rather than just statistical. We therefore have the most important role to play in Africa’s future. This results in a higher peril of climate change for more of our population and the highest cost of inaction.
We are not just spectators in this conflict because of this. We work together. We take part. The Vice President said, “And we are prepared to play our part to keep Africa green,” adding that this is a commitment that Nigeria and other countries have made at the Conferences of the Parties (COP) every year.
We reiterated this promise at the most recent COP in Azerbaijan. And so we gather today to honor the light Ethiopia has given the world, he continued.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on his part demanded that African nations adopt the Green Legacy as a culture, noting that the country was proud of Nigeria and its brave embrace of the green initiative.
Ahmed demanded cooperation among African nations, arguing that domestic and indigenous ideas and visions should be prioritized more rather than foreign aid.
The Green Legacy of this year will be planted, and it is in line with our Green Legacy’s vision to shock the world. When we attempted to plant a 20 billion tree, we never received any funding.
“We applaud Nigeria’s support and acceptance of this initiative.” We are confident that the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as demonstrated by Vice President Kashim Shettima’s esteemed presence, will contribute significantly to raising the level of cooperation and awareness needed among African nations, given its population and expanding economy, the Prime Minister said.
He added that he was confident that all efforts will be made to implement one of Ethiopia’s biggest green revolution plans because Ethiopia will host the upcoming UN summit on climate change.
Source: Channels TV
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