From Abdullahi Idris,Dutse
Jigawa is poised to be among the few selected states to receive special intervention from the federal government in an effort to address recurring flood and other environmental and climate-related challenges.
This was made known when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund, led by its Chairman, Aminu Sani Jaji, paid a courtesy call on Governor Umar Namadi at the Government House, Dutse.
The visit was part of the committee’s state tour, aimed at assessing the ecological challenges facing the state and exploring potential solutions to mitigate these issues as part of the Federal Government’s commitment to addressing climate change and promoting food security under President Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda.
In his remarks, Jaji explained the significance of the visit, highlighting the various ecological challenges affecting Jigawa State, particularly desertification and flooding.
He praised Governor Namadi’s passion and efforts in tackling these challenges and emphasized the importance of selecting Jigawa as one of the key states for special ecological intervention, saying that the committee aims to shift from the traditional approach and focus on effective, timely, and sustainable land management practices to combat ecological issues.
“Your Excellency, the reason for our visit to Jigawa is to address the numerous challenges that plague our states, particularly in the northern region, and the immense ecological challenges that exist everywhere.” Not only because Jigawa is located among the Sahel states, but because of the challenges that are encountered in Jigawa state and the passion that you have in addressing such ecological challenges and some other biodiversity ecosystems that need to be addressed.”
Dwelling more on the devastating effect of the climate change effect on parts of the state, Hon. Jaji stressed the need for intervention from the centre as the issue is beyond the state government to shoulder.
“Year in year out, in this Hadejia-Nguru Waterland area, the challenges are too much. And the way many people are looking at it is like it will happen this year, and another year it will continue to happen without taking measures. It is something the state government cannot do alone; there must be an intervention. With such intervention, we took it very necessary to go to some states because addressing such challenges will add value to our food security and address the climate concern,” he said.
