{"id":97473,"date":"2023-02-21T16:07:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinadialogue.net\/?p=97473"},"modified":"2023-03-02T05:40:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T05:40:19","slug":"nigerias-surprise-presidential-hopeful-promises-bold-change-on-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/nigerias-surprise-presidential-hopeful-promises-bold-change-on-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s surprise presidential hopeful promises bold change on climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Last October, Nigeria was ravaged by flooding that killed more than 600 people and displaced 1.3 million. It was the deadliest flood since at least 2012 for Africa\u2019s most populous nation and largest economy. The heavy rainfall that sparked the flooding was made twice as likely by human-caused climate change, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldweatherattribution.org\/climate-change-exacerbated-heavy-rainfall-leading-to-large-scale-flooding-in-highly-vulnerable-communities-in-west-africa\/\">study<\/a> by World Weather Attribution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But experts have also cited Nigeria\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-nigerian-cities-can-do-to-cope-better-with-flood-risk-172312\">long history<\/a> of unregulated urban expansion and inadequate drainage systems, prone to blockage by unmanaged solid waste. Many Nigerians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/10\/25\/nigerian-flood-victims-decry-governments-response-to-disaster\">criticised<\/a> the government\u2019s lacklustre response. Meanwhile, one presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/top-news\/560549-floods-peter-obi-suspends-campaigns-to-visit-affected-states.html\">suspended<\/a> his campaign to visit flooded areas and call on the government to do more to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra state in south-east Nigeria, was not expected to be a prominent contender in the presidential election taking place on Saturday 25 February. Twelve months ago, he was a member of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). But after decamping to the relatively unknown Labour Party in May 2022, he has gained massive support from young people in many parts of Nigeria. Among the three leading candidates, he is seen as the least corrupt and most fiscally responsible. \u201cI believe his record as governor stands him out,\u201d said John Makinde, a product manager who lives in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nigeria-s-leadership-problem\">Nigeria\u2019s leadership problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from Obi\u2019s apparent credibility, people\u2019s frustration with APC and PDP corruption and mismanagement over the past two decades has forced many to seek an alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The poor governance has contributed to Nigeria being one of the countries <a href=\"https:\/\/gain.nd.edu\/our-work\/country-index\/rankings\/\">least prepared<\/a> for the adverse effects of climate change. Aside from the annual floods that threaten the livelihoods of millions, the country also experiences heatwaves and droughts. Lake Chad, which used to nourish millions of Nigerians, has <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6248389\/climate-change-conflict-migration-lake-chad\/\">shrunk<\/a> over recent decades, sparking widespread hunger and <a href=\"https:\/\/climate-diplomacy.org\/magazine\/conflict\/insurgency-terrorism-and-organised-crime-warming-climate\">fuelling conflict<\/a> such as farmer\u2013herder clashes and the Boko Haram insurgency. The country also faces an <a href=\"http:\/\/serap-nigeria.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/CORRUPTION-IN-ELECTRICITY-REPORT-A4.pdf\">energy crisis<\/a> despite being one of the world\u2019s largest producers of crude oil and natural gas. Fuel queues and power cuts are common even in major cities such as Lagos and Abuja<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid a global conversation about ending the use oil as a fuel source, the Nigerian government continues to display a strong interest in fossil fuel investments. In 2021, the national oil company took a <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/news\/nnpc-invests-2-7b-in-dangote-refinery\/\">US$2.7 billion<\/a> stake in Dangote refinery, billed to be Africa\u2019s biggest and slated to be operational this year. Last year, President Muhammadu Buhari signed off oil exploration in the country\u2019s northern region. \u201cIt is&#8230; to the credit of this administration that at a time when there is near zero appetite for investment in fossil energy, coupled with the location challenges, we are able to attract investment of over $3 billion to this project,\u201d Buhari <a href=\"https:\/\/www.environewsnigeria.com\/kolmani-oil-project-weve-attracted-over-3bn-investment-in-fossil-energy-buhari\/\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-steps-towards-a-green-future\">Steps towards a green future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its continuing interest in fossil fuels, Nigeria has also taken steps to invest in renewables. The country is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/top-news\/211034-buhari-signs-paris-agreement-pledges-help-tackle-climate-change.html\">signed up<\/a> to the Paris Agreement on climate change and at COP26 in 2021, President Buhari  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/493040-cop26-nigeria-will-cut-carbon-emission-to-net-zero-by-2060-buhari-says.html\">committed<\/a> Nigeria to achieving net zero by 2060. The president has also signed into law the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/breaking-buhari-signs-climate-change-bill-into-law\">Climate Change Act<\/a>, which seeks to provide a framework for the energy transition. In August 2022, the country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/nigeria-launches-energy-transition-plan-to-tackle-poverty-climate-change\">launched<\/a> its energy transition plan, requiring about $10 billion, or close to one-quarter of the country\u2019s 2023 budget, every year until 2060.&nbsp;Much of the funding is expected to come from the private sector and multilateral partners such as the World Bank. But government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2664328622000213\">mismanagement<\/a> remains an obstacle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-obi-s-promise\">Obi\u2019s promise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his campaign Obi has highlighted Nigeria\u2019s perennial struggles with insecurity and poverty and called for a transition to the \u201cgreen epoch\u201d. In his <a href=\"https:\/\/manifesto.obidatticampaign.com\/\">manifesto<\/a> he states: \u201cNigeria is among the top 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change, which poses the greatest economic, physical, financial, security, and developmental risks.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He promises to \u201caggressively prioritise the mechanisation\u201d of arable land in the country in order \u201cto make agriculture the new oil of a prosperous Nigerian economy.\u201d At the same time, he would leapfrog Nigeria into the \u201c4th industrial revolution\u201d and shift it from \u201cfossil fuel dependency to climate and eco-friendly energy use\u201d.  He plans to establish a \u201cGreen Army\u201d to help the country benefit from international climate finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-article-image aligncenter block--article-image block--article-image--article\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"block--article-image__column\"><div class=\"hide-expand block--article-image__image\"><img class=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/technician-tests-a-solar-light-system-at-the-Lauteye-village-in-Nigeria_Alamy_2KDJT7B-scaled.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/technician-tests-a-solar-light-system-at-the-Lauteye-village-in-Nigeria_Alamy_2KDJT7B-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/technician-tests-a-solar-light-system-at-the-Lauteye-village-in-Nigeria_Alamy_2KDJT7B-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/technician-tests-a-solar-light-system-at-the-Lauteye-village-in-Nigeria_Alamy_2KDJT7B-scaled.jpg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 768px, (max-width: 1024px) 1024px, 2560px\" alt=\"man looking at solar panel held in hand\"\/><\/div><div class=\"block--article-image__content\"><div itemprop=\"caption\" class=\"block--article-image__caption\">A technician from PowerChina \u2013 China\u2019s state-owned energy and construction giant \u2013 installs a donated solar lighting system in Bunkere, north Nigeria (Image: Guo Jun \/ Alamy)<\/div><\/div><\/div><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/technician-tests-a-solar-light-system-at-the-Lauteye-village-in-Nigeria_Alamy_2KDJT7B-scaled.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"1 MB\"\/><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1920\"\/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2560\"\/><meta itemprop=\"author\"\/><meta itemprop=\"representativeOfPage\" content=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Obi pledges to launch \u201ca solar power revolution\u201d across Nigeria, particularly in the north, where there is an abundance of sunlight. He plans to invest in wind, including offshore wind farms in Lagos, Warri, and Port Harcourt, with the aim to launch commercial operations by December 2025. He also promised to support the current efforts of the nation\u2019s nuclear agency, which has received technical support and backing from China since the mid-1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will ensure that the federal government offers meaningful incentives to corporate entities and industries that make discernible efforts to transit to clean and alternative energy, not only for local consumption but also for export,\u201d says Obi\u2019s manifesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cd-pull-quote block--pull-quote\"><div class=\"block--pull-quote__wrapper\"><blockquote class=\"block--pull-quote__quote\">We may have gas, but when it is not acceptable around the world, you drop it<\/blockquote><cite class=\"block--pull-quote__cite\">Yunusa Tanko, the chief spokesperson for the Obi campaign<\/cite><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC is <a href=\"https:\/\/newswirengr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RENEWED-HOPE-2023-BROCHURE_ALL-PAGES-1.pdf\">short on details<\/a> about his renewables plan for Nigeria\u2019s energy sector and bullish on oil and gas, noting that it \u201cmust play the lead role in generating the foreign currency revenues needed to help fund the nation\u2019s twin industrialisation and infrastructural drives.\u201c The other major candidate, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atiku.org\/_files\/ugd\/eef005_bed2250281af40468ebcb427c0db7ec0.pdf\">acknowledges the need<\/a> for a transition to renewable energy but falls short on specifics on how his administration would go about the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cObi\u2018s manifesto is not big on oil,\u201d Kelechukwu Ogu, an energy analyst at SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian think tank, told China Dialogue. But he is not convinced by the transition plans. What, for example, is the meaning of green army in the manifesto?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Green Army will \u201censure that there are trees being planted all over the nation, especially in the desert areas,\u201d Yunusa Tanko, the chief spokesperson for the Obi campaign, told China Dialogue. He added that an Obi presidency will follow global best practices in utilising fossil fuels. \u201cWe may have gas, but when it is not acceptable around the world, you drop it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond his campaign promises, Obi promises to inject new life into governance in Nigeria. He is the only one of the three major candidates who has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, and his campaign is imbued with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/y3ppn7\/nigeria-elections-peter-obi-end-sars\">the same energy<\/a> that drove young Nigerians in 2020 to organise the country\u2019s largest protests against police brutality since the return of democracy 24 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Obi\u2019s path to victory remains rocky, despite leading in at least two presidential polls conducted by independent pollsters. There are also fears that the elections will be riddled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/24\/inec-were-partnering-efcc-icpc-to-tackle-vote-buying\/\">vote buying<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/1\/10\/insecurity-could-derail-nigeria-election-commission\">violence<\/a>. But for now, the Nigerian air is bursting with hope for a greener future and a break from the country\u2019s corrupt past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Nigeria prepares for February polls, a fresh political face wants to break the country\u2019s oil and gas dependence and deliver a \u2018green epoch\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3907,"featured_media":97487,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[50029993,17073,585],"hashtags":[],"country":[50041221],"class_list":["post-97473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","tag-elections","tag-energy-transition","tag-renewables","country-nigeria"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v26.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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