The federal government has initiated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a consortium comprising the Dalberg Group and Campo Group.
This move, which was in pursuance of Nigeria’s Green Legacy Programme comes as the Organisation of Southern Cooperation (OSC) has chosen Nigeria as the site to build its first-ever South-South Technology Transfer Centre for Africa just as is also proposed for Nigeria to host its African South-South Summit.
This was made public on Monday, during a meeting between Vice President Kashim Shettima and the consortium comprising the Dalberg Group and Campo Group, which navigated Ethiopia’s 46 billion tree planting success, on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations Food Systems Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Shettima, in a statement issued by his Media Assistant, Stanley Nkwocha, was quoted to have said, “We have very tall and ambitious projects here, and where there is a will, there is always a way. But experience is not something you buy in the market square. You have to have it, and you have to earn it by supporting the Ethiopian government to succeed.
“We are optimistic about the 20 billion trees. If Ethiopia, a hilly country made up of highlands and mountains, can succeed in planting 46 billion trees, then I believe our 25 billion is even a modest figure. So, I want us to start planting up to 10 billion trees.”
Reiterating Nigeria’s commitment to the green revolution initiative, the Vice President described President Bola Tinubu as a transformational leader bent on redefining the meaning and concept of leadership in Africa.
Shettima said President Tinubu remains the most courageous leader in the contemporary history of Nigeria who is willing to take risks and make far-reaching decisions to transform the Nigerian economy.
