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For Nigeria to successfully transit to a green economy, there is need for the enforcement of existing legislations on sustainable environment, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, stakeholders, who spoke at the workshop in Lagos organized by Community Conservation and Development Initiatives (CCDI) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, were of the ...

Reports show that the Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, has approved the release of a N30 billion intervention fund for mining sector development. The Guardian reports that the Minister of Mines and Steel, Kayode Fayemi, made it known that the sum was a fulfillment of President Buhari’s campaign promises when he pledged determination to diversify from the oil sector. Addressing ...

Vanguard reports that the Ecosystem Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly, EBAFOSA, has expressed fears that climate change might be a threat to government’s resolve to diversify the nation’s economy by focusing on agriculture. According to Vanguard, Mr. James Oyesola, the National President of EBAFOSA, while expressing these fears at the World Food Day celebration 2016, tagged Climate is Changing: Food ...

Vanguard reports that amid multiple challenges to economic recovery and diversification in Nigeria, a corporate chieftain and an energy researcher have canvassed deployment of innovative power infrastructure for solutions. According to Vanguard, the Managing Director of UAC Property Development Company, Mr. Hakeem Ogunniran, stated that the power sector in general, and alternative power generation and distributed energy system, in particular, are ...