By our Reporter
President Muhammadu Buhari today Sunday, May 8, 2022, leaves for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to attend a UN-organized conference on the future of land, regarding desertification, drought, degradation, rights, restoration and implications for national and world economies.
President Buhari, who will participate in a Summit of Head of States and Government, May 9th-10th, 2022, joins world leaders at Sofitel Hotel, for the 15th session of the Conference Of the parties COP15 of UN convention to combat desertification with the theme “Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity.”
The Conference will explore links between land and other key development issues, which will be discussed during the high-level segment, including a Heads of States Summit, high-level roundtables and interactive dialogue sessions.
COP15 is a key moment in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought. Accordingly, it will build on the findings of the second edition of the Global Land Outlook and offer a concrete response to the interconnected challenges of land degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss as the world steps into the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
Drought, land restoration, and related enablers such as land rights, gender equality and youth empowerment are among the top items on the Conference agenda.
President Buhari, who is also the President of the Great Green Wall in Africa, will be accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Foreign affairs ,Geoffrey Onyeama; Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi;
Minister, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development, Mahmoud Mohammed; and Minister of water resources the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Monguno, Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ahmed Rufai Abubakar and Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri.