President Bola Tinubu has set up a committee to supervise his administration’s climate and green economic initiatives.
This was disclosed in a statement via a post by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Fredrick Nwabufo on X on Sunday.
In the statement, it is said that the Official Spokesperson of the President and Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale is appointed as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action. Ngelale shall serve as a member of the larger Presidential Committee, to be chaired by the President.
Policies and programmes concerning climate change and green economic development shall be coordinated and supervised by the Presidential Committee on Climate Change and Green Economic Solutions established by the President.
The statement read in part “In a strategic move to ensure the advancement of his administration’s climate and green economic initiatives, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Chief Ajuri Ngelale as the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action.
“Chief Ngelale will serve in this role as part of a larger Presidential Committee, to be chaired by the President.
“The Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions, established by the President, will coordinate and oversee all policies and programmes on climate action and green economic development.
“This is to remove the constraints to coordination, foster a whole-of-government approach to climate-action programmes, provide an efficient governance architecture, and ensure that all relevant institutions in the sector are plugged into the President’s vision and are collectively implementing the Renewed Hope Agenda on climate action.”
The following are some of the members of the Presidential Committee on Climate Action and Green Economic Solutions:
(1) President Bola Tinubu – Chairman
(2) Balarabe Abbas Lawal (Minister of Environment) – Vice-Chairman
(3) Ajuri-Obari Ngelale (Special Adviser) – Secretary/Special Presidential Envoy
(4) Lazarus Angbazo (CEO, InfraCorp) – Member
(5) Salisu Dahiru (CEO, NCCC) – Member
(6) Michael Ohiani (CEO, ICRC) – Member
(7) Aisha Rimi (CEO, NIPC) – Member
(8) Aminu Umar-Sadiq (CEO, NSIA) – Member
(9) Yusuf Maina-Bukar (CEO, NAGGW) – Member
(10) Abdullahi Mustapha (CEO, ECN) – Member
The Presidential Committee shall, among other functions:
(1) Identify, develop, and implement innovative non-oil & non-gas climate action initiatives.
(2) Coordinate all activities of relevant federal institutions towards the attainment of all agreed climate action and green economic objectives and non-oil/non-gas ambitions of the federal government.
(3) Collaborate with all relevant government, subnational governments, non-government, and civil society entities towards the attainment of the climate action objectives and ambitions of the federal government.
(4) Collaborate with national governments and multilateral institutions towards the attainment of the climate action objectives and carbon market ambitions of the federal government.
(5) Monitor, evaluate, and guide the progress of all climate action and renewable energy projects and activities of the federal government.
(6) Track and guide the implementation of initiatives and developments conducted by the Energy Transition Working Group.
(7) Supervise the work of the Presidential Steering Committee on Project Evergreen.
(8) Prepare a half-yearly green ambitions update, covering all associated climate action achievements of the federal government.
