Nigeria: Nepad, Ministry Dialogue on Environmental Issues

29 October 2008

Experts' from the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) and the Federal Ministry of Environment, Housing and Urban Development, gathered yesterday in Abuja to dialogue on issues relating to environment, focusing specifically on deforestation and desertification.

Speaking at the national dialogue, the Special Adviser to the President on NEPAD, Ambassador Tunji Olagunju, who was represented by Emmanuel Ogbile, said that the environment has been identified as one of the core priority initiatives of NEPAD.

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