The federal government said it needed more foreign support to implement climate action in Nigeria.Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said this in his office at the inauguration of the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency Project Steering Committee and commissioning of the project consultants.
“I approved the project for the ministry, domiciled it under the Department of Special Duties and Project and formed a steering committee with five directors and the Director General of National Directorate of Employment , to represent the ministry in this high level discussion. He said his ministry aimed at achieving a kind of institutional memory, stakeholder inclusion and cooperation by working with its Environment counterpart.
Describing the gender aspect of inclusive transition as a very big leg of this initiative, he noted that when the female gender participate in a project in Nigeria, a lot of people are affected because they are in charge of households and whatever they were given, returns to the households. Earlier, the Director of ICAT, Dr. Henning Wuester said transparency plays a key role for the achievement of the objectives of the Paris agreement, being the basis for planning, tracking and stakeholder engagement.