Nigeria, East African Countries to Receive AfDB Funds to Fight Climate Change
- May 4, 2017
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approve the sum of $1.1 billion for five African countries, including Nigeria, to fight climate change.The other countries are South Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President of AfDB, said on Wednesday in Lagos that African countries should address climate change challenges.
Adesina made the promise in his goodwill message at the ongoing Feed Nigeria Summit in Lagos.
He said that the money would enable to build medium and long-term resilience to climate change challenges.
Adesina said that the fund would be used to address the current drought challenges arising from climate change in order to avoid famine in these countries.
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