Niger Governor Signs Executive Order on Green Economy

Laleye Dipo in Minna

Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, has signed an executive order tagged, “The Niger State Green Economy Initiative, No3 2023,  being a follow-up to the Green Economy Summit held by the state government recently.

The order entailed that the Green Economy Initiative would be driven by the state blueprint that detailed the strategic pillars and outlined the strategic key performance indicators, targets and timelines of the transition into a Green Economy

According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Bologi Ibrahim, also enshrined in the order was that the Niger State Government would produce a state-wide land use and economic development plan to guide investment decisions and ensure investments that would stabilise the green transition and that it was properly coordinated and planned.

He said the executive Order further provided that  all the ministries, departments and agencies of the state must adhere to the initiative, adding that appropriate sanctions would be carried out on any violator of the order.

Bologi said the order was signed at the commencement of the weekly State Executive Council meeting, yesterday, where Bago explained that the order was to ensure effective implementation of the Green Economy Policy.

Bago, the statement added, said with the signing of the order three, “the initiative has come to stay and its implementation is sacrosanct.”