Nigeria's Ambitious Climate Agenda and Its Misplaced Fixation on Carbon Footprint
Nigeria's ambitious carbon plans are primarily built around carbon footprint reduction, a noble but, somehow misplaced goal.
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Nigeria's ambitious carbon plans are primarily built around carbon footprint reduction, a noble but, somehow misplaced goal.
Unusually heavy monsoon rains that caused deadly flooding in Nigeria were made 80 percent more likely by climate change
<p>Emeka Okoye, a 54-year-old farmer, and his family got trapped when a heavy flood bubbled into their apartment in southeastern Nigeria. He quickly moved his family from the ground floor and relocated them upstairs.</p> <p>"It wasn't a good experience for my family and me. Some of my properties were swept away by the gushing flood, while others were damaged," Okoye said of the early October flooding.</p> <p>Emeka also lost his farmland — his yams, cassava and potatoes.</p>
Mr Oshiomhole said the money was for people whose farms and property were destroyed in the floods in the three local government areas.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) donated N40 million to flood victims in Edo on Sunday.