By Abdullateef Bamgbose
Parliamentarians and environmentalists from the Republic of Liberia have sought collaboration with Nigeria on measures to combat the effects of climate change ravaging many countries of the world.
For the collaboration, Ernest Manseah Snr led the Liberian delegation in separate sessions with the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Ecology and Climate Change yesterday at the National Assembly .
Manseah, in his remarks at the collaborative session with the Senate Committee on Ecology and Climate Change chaired by Senator Seriake Dickson (PDP-Bayelsa West ), said Nigeria being a country that is far ahead of others across the globe on mitigation against climate change, is seen as a place to visit and learn.
” We have come to learn from you Distinguished members of this committee on how Nigeria as a country has been mitigating the effects of climate change.
“We are here to engage with you on that and take home, very remarkable measures being taken here to confront the environmental challenges caused by climate change.
“In Liberia, we are thinking of Climate Fund, but beyond it, we want to tap into Nigeria’s ways of tackling the natural challenges”, he said.
Earlier in their separate remarks, Senator Dickson said climate change is a major challenge requiring all African countries to put up their thinking cap.
“Here in Nigeria, for effective ways of confronting climate change, we have an Act or better put, law with relevant provisions for measures and actions that will mitigate its effects.
“The Act is the first in Africa which makes Nigeria one of the leading countries in the world addressing the issues of climate change but nonetheless, it still needs collaboration with other countries for more effective ways of confronting the challenges of climate change.
“We appreciate your visit and also wish to visit Liberia for consolidation of the collaboration,” he said.
Other members of the committee, Senate Minority Whip, Senator Osita Ngwu (Enugu West), Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East) and Victor Umeh (Anambra Central) also commended the Liberian delegation for the visit and required collaboration, which according to them, should be expanded in scope through the inclusion of other African countries.
The delegation thereafter proceeded to the House of Representatives for a similar collaborative session with its Committee on Ecology and Climate Change.
