By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The Ministry of Environment and United Arab Emirates is collaborating on key environmental issues .
This was contained in statement signed and issued by Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, Ibrahim Haruna .
The Minister of Environment Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal stated this
When he received in audience the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Nigeria, H. E Salem Saeed on an official working visit to the Federal Ministry of Environment .
The Minister and United Arab Emirates Ambassador discussed important bilateral issues centred on Environmental issues such as the Just concluded COP28 held in Dubai, UAE last year, plastic pollution challenges, desertification control, tree planting, erosion and flood control among others.
The Minister commended the UAE for hosting the event and also appreciated the President of COP28, Sultan al-Jabar who provided the outcome of the discussions with an agreement that signal the “ beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and equitable transition, unpinned by deep emissions cuts and scale up finance.
Balarabe further revealed that there are alot of areas of collaborations between Nigeria and UAE, most especially on the outcome of decisions reached during COP28.
He also commended President of UAE for resuming flight tickets to the County and the starting issuance of visa to Nigerians starting from 1st October, 2024.
Earlier, the Ambassador of UAE to Nigeria, H. E Salem Saeed congratulated the Honourable for Minister of Environment on his well deserved appointment and disclosed that the Ministry is doing very well most especially the participation of Nigeria in Conference of Parties (COP28) In Dubai last year.
Saeed stated that Nigeria and UAE would continue to collaborate and partner on areas of mutual interest on environmental sustainability.
It would be recalled that United Arab Emirates (UAE), last year hosted the COP28 in Dubai with the slogan: “UNITE, ACT, DELIVER”.
