In a bid to check the intensity of global warming, the Minister of Environment, Ibrahim Jibril, has disclosed that the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project’s, NEWMAP, spread across nineteen states of the federation was not only stopping the erosion, but was also preventing further development of gullies.
The minister noted that the NEWMAP which is a subset of the World Bank’s $500 million dollars grant to Nigeria is to ensure that the threat of deforestation and control of gully erosion is reduced to the barest minimum, which is also having a positive effect in the country.
Speaking to newsmen at the World Bank’s Headquarters, Washington D.C, during Land and Poverty Conference 2017, with theme: ‘Responsible Land Governance – Towards an Evidence-Based Approach’, he noted that the poster presentation to the World Bank will demonstrate the efficacy of the NEWMAP to the world and others who want to replicate same in their country.
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