The Secretariat of the Sahel Climate Fund will be based in Nigeria, as decided by the Heads of State and Government of the Sahel Region Climate Commission (SRCC).
The President's spokesperson, Malam Garba Shehu, provided confirmation of this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
He asserts that the appointment of Issifi Boureim of the Niger Republic as the Executive Secretary of the Commission was also approved in a communiqué issued at the conclusion of the second conference of Heads of State and Government of the SRCC, held in conjunction with the 36th AU Summit.
Prior to his appointment, Boureim served as the Commission's Coordinator for the Temporary Operational Framework.
His appointment is for a three-year non-renewable term, and he is not eligible to run for additional terms of office.
You may remember that President Muhammadu Buhari expressed Nigeria's desire to host the Sahel Climate Fund's headquarters and its willingness to offer all necessary amenities.
The Sahel Region Climate Commission's (SRCC) financial arm is known as the "Sahel Climate Fund".
The organisation was established in 2016 at the Summit of African Heads of State and Government, which was organised at the King of Morocco's initiative and held concurrently with the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It is one of three climate commissions for Africa.
The adoption of the methods of contributions from the States for the financing of the operations of the Executive Secretariat and the Sahel Climate Fund as well as for the participation in the first recapitalization of the said Fund were among the decisions made by leaders of member countries during the mini-summit in Addis Ababa.
To assist the President of the Commission, a group of Heads of State composed of President Buhari, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, President Alassane Quattara of Cote d'Ivoire, and General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno of Chad was constituted.
In addition, prominent individuals were identified in the communiqué as ambassadors for advocacy and resource mobilisation for the financing of climate-related programmes and actions in the region.
The ambassadors are Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, and Issoufou Mahamadou, a former leader of the Niger Republic and the commission's first president.
Tidjane Thiam, MO Ibrahim, Aliko Dangote, Ibrahima Thiaw, Paul Kammogne Fokam, and Mossadeck Bally are a few more.
Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, and Chad are among the 17 nations that make up the Sahel geo-climatic region, according to NAN.
(NAN)