Nigeria: Minister Makes Case for Carbon Credit Market

23 September 2010

Lagos — The Minster of Environment, John Odey said since Nigeria now controls over 40 percent of the certified emission reduction in Africa, it can leverage on it to generate ingestible funds.

Speaking at the Lagos State Carbon Credit Awareness Campaign and Capacity Development Programme, Odey said, Nigeria's capture of over 40 percent of Africa's Certified Emission Reduction units from three registered Clean Development projects, would help in the battle to eradicating poverty.

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