COP26 continues today in Glasgow and over 100 countries, including Nigeria, are gathered together to find solutions to the existential challenge of climate change.
In 2020, the Senate urged President Buhari to increase the allocation to the ministry of the environment so as to tackle the environmental challenges in the country.
Since 2020, there has been an increase in the budgetary allocation to the ministry.
If the Senate approves the sum allocated to the ministry in the 2022 budget, allocation to the ministry stands to increase by 12.87% over the 2021 allocation. The total increase in the budget between 2020-2022 will be 74.90%.