Climate change poses “serious” threats to Nigeria’s economy
Published 12 Oct,2021 via BizWatchNigeria -
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has identified climate change as a grave threat to the Nigerian economy, social welfare, among others.
He said that the government, in an effort to combat the existential threat, was taking steps to create adaptive Nigerian cities “for climate resilience” through the 2012 National Urban Development Policy.
Fashola made this disclosure while speaking on the theme, ‘2021 World Habitat Day and World Cities Day’ marking the 2021 World Habitat Day and World Cities Day.
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