Ahead of the 2023 general elections, a civil society organisation, Connected Development (CODE), has called on Nigerians to demand that political aspirants make climate change and environmental related issues a top priority.
Chief Executive Officer of CODE, Hamzat Lawal made this known during the group’s annual Earth Hour organised in collaboration with Transcorp Hilton and in solidarity with the Global Network working to tackle the adverse effects of global warming on the planet.
According to him, CODE had a primary objective of influencing people into creating a greener and sustainable society leveraging on the theme to drive the adoption of a more conscious approach to tackle climate change.
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Lawal said that he will mobilise and educate 40 million Nigerians who will in turn engage their candidates, including those seeking to be president, governors and legislators.
“They will ask them salient questions around the environment and climate change and what are their personal commitments towards improving the environment are, and what kind of policy and regulatory framework they will put in place, “he said.
He noted that he will ensure that candidates who do not commit to a public debate around climate change and the environment are not voted into power.
“At CODE, we are committed to leading a mass campaign to get communities to plant trees and name them so that they could be like humans among people to help in holding the ground strong, “he said.
Story was adapted from NAN.
