The Director, Drought and Desertification Amelioration, Federal
Ministry of Environment, Dr Bukar Hassan, on Sunday said desertification
and drought have contributed to the increasing rural to urban migration
in the country.
Speaking with FoodFarmNews (FFN) in Abuja, Hassan noted
that drought and desertification had also contributed to the climate
change with its effect on the country’s economy.
Hassan lamented that drought and desertification had wilted away farmlands of farmers residing in dry land areas.
He appealed to government at all levels to increase budgetary
allocation to Ministry of Environment to combat drought and
desertification.
He said that increased budgetary allocation would ensure better
environment, mitigate the effects of climate change, reclaim farmlands
and return life to the rural areas, especially in the Northern parts of
the country.
The director, who commended the Federal Government’s efforts toward
the fight against drought and desertification, said that more needed to
be done to encourage wet and dry season farming.
According to him, the take off fund for the National Agency for the
Great Green Wall (NAGGW) was about N10 million and we want government to
increase it.
“All the insurgency we are talking about in Nigeria may have a root in land degradation and unemployment.
“In the 80s, Nigerian Government made huge investment in dry land
agriculture in dry areas but because of climate change and other
factors, these huge projects could not yield the desired results because
of lack of water.
“The government should look into these issues critically with a view to assist people living in dry areas.
“What we expect the present administration to do is to ensure that
the political will and financial will to combat desertification is
increased so that the people can enjoy a better environment and reclaim
their farmlands.
“Government has invested much on irrigation which has not realized its objectives so far because of drought, climate change.
“The fishermen do not have water to fish, farmers have no water to farm and they have nothing to do,’’ the director said.
He said the department in collaboration with the National Agency for
the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) programme had adopted the bottom approach
to help combat drought and desertification in the country.
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