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Presidential candidates in the February 25th election are set to go head-to-head at a townhall meeting organised to spotlight issues bordering on Climate Change and the Environment in the country.

The presidential Townhall slated for February 7 at the University of Abuja, is being powered by the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), a leading climate and environment Think Tank in Nigeria and Africa in collaboration with We the People, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA).

According to organisers, the Townhall Meeting with the Presidential candidates of political parties in the country will focus on assessing Nigeria’s environment and climate change challenges in the context of policy options ahead of the 2023 elections.

Scheduled for the Main Auditorium, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Abuja, the Townhall was informed by the need for the environment and climate justice community to assess and interrogate the plans and policies of the political parties in addressing the myriad of environment and climate crisis bedevilling Nigeria.  Over 1,000 participants including civil society, the media, professional organizations, trade unions, students and the academia are expected at the townhall.

A statement signed by Nnimmo Basey, Director of HOMEF said: “while the well-being of the environment is a critical factor in a nation where most citizens depend directly on it for their existence, the issue has not been topical in the election conversation”.

“The challenges of climate change in Nigeria have intensified in recent years. Nigeria, being one of the most impacted frontline countries, has seen an accelerated rate of desertification and flooding, twin manifestations that have seriously threatened security, and food sufficiency. Similarly, the production of crude oil and gas has resulted in profound destruction of the environment, especially in the Niger Delta. 12 years after the release of the United Nations Environment Programme report on the state of the Ogoni Environment, no significant action has been taken to remediate and curtail further oil pollution in the region.

The Town Hall Meeting has the objective of providing a platform for presidential candidates in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria to discuss their plans and strategies for addressing critical environmental and climate challenges facing the country with Nigerian electorates.”

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'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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