The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has expressed concern over the depleting state of the Lake Chad, saying the fragility has been worsened by the combined effect of the impact of Climate Change and unsustainable anthropogenic activities.
\nAdamu who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, at the Technical Committee of experts in preparation for the\u00a0 68th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the LCBC in Abuja recently, said \u201cthese have depleted the ability of the Lake Chad and its resources to sustainably support the over 40 million people that depend on it for their livelihoods, thereby increasing poverty and general insecurity in the region\u201d.
\n\u201cThe lake Chad Basin is an area whose fragility has been worsened by the combined effect of the impact of Climate Change and unsustainable anthropogenic activities.\u201d
\nAccording to the Minister, these very many challenges that have plagued the region have no doubt negatively affected the ability of the Lake Chad and its resources to effectively support the large population that depend on it for their livelihoods.
\nHe stated further that recurring droughts, general decline in rainfall and degradation of the biodiversity have led to drastic changes in the environmental conditions of the Lake Chad Basin continuously for about four decades.
\nThe Minister therefore urged the Technical Experts to amongst other things deliberate on some critical issues with a view to making timely recommendations to the Council of Ministers that will facilitate the Council of Ministers in adopting Resolutions that would strengthen members\u2019 common institution for the benefit of the populaceThe Minister of Water
\nResources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has expressed concern over the depleting state of the Lake Chad, saying the fragility has been worsened by the combined effect of the impact of Climate Change and unsustainable anthropogenic activities.
\nAdamu who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, at the Technical Committee of experts in preparation for the\u00a0 68th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the LCBC in Abuja recently, said \u201cthese have depleted the ability of the Lake Chad and its resources to sustainably support the over 40 million people that depend on it for their livelihoods, thereby increasing poverty and general insecurity in the region\u201d.
\n\u201cThe lake Chad Basin is an area whose fragility has been worsened by the combined effect of the impact of Climate Change and unsustainable anthropogenic activities.\u201d
\nAccording to the Minister, these very many challenges that have plagued the region have no doubt negatively affected the ability of the Lake Chad and its resources to effectively support the large population that depend on it for their livelihoods.
\nHe stated further that recurring droughts, general decline in rainfall and degradation of the biodiversity have led to drastic changes in the environmental conditions of the Lake Chad Basin continuously for about four decades.
\nThe Minister therefore urged the Technical Experts to amongst other things deliberate on some critical issues with a view to making timely recommendations to the Council of Ministers that will facilitate the Council of Ministers in adopting Resolutions that would strengthen members\u2019 common institution for the benefit of the populace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has expressed concern over the depleting state of the Lake Chad, saying the fragility has been worsened by the combined effect of the impact of Climate Change and unsustainable anthropogenic activities. Adamu who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=310051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310055,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310051\/revisions\/310055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=310051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=310051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=310051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}