Nigerian govt relocates Great Green Wall agency headquarters to Kano

The Federal Government has approved the relocation of the Operational Headquarters of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) from Abuja to Kano State arsenic portion of efforts to amended the agency’s effectiveness successful addressing desertification, onshore degradation and clime alteration successful bluish Nigeria.
Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, announced the determination connected Wednesday, describing it arsenic a strategical determination nether the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aimed astatine bringing authorities institutions person to their areas of operation.

According to the minister, the agency’s caller operational office volition beryllium located astatine the Afforestation Programme Coordinating Unit (APCU) bureau successful Kano, a Federal Government installation established successful 1988.

Lawal said the relocation is expected to amended coordination, monitoring and implementation of projects crossed the agency’s operational zone.

“The strategical determination is aimed astatine importantly improving the Agency’s effectiveness successful implementing the Great Green Wall Programme crossed Nigeria’s frontline states,” helium said.

The Great Green Wall Programme is an inaugural of the African Union involving much than 11 countries and designed to combat desertification, onshore degr...