President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), and other partners to support the One Planet Summit initiative and activate the $19 billion pledge, which he said, will be utilized for land restoration, tree planting, development of climate resilience infrastructure and investments in small and medium-sized farms.
He made the call in Abidjan while speaking at a side event he convened at the ongoing UN Conference of Parties (COP15), in his capacity as the President of the Conference of Heads of State and Governments of the member states of the Pan African Great Green Wall Agency (PAGGW).
President Buhari also underscored the importance of recharging Lake Chad, now down to 10 percent of its water volume, as eleven Sahel African states discuss ways and means of accessing and utilizing $19 billion pledged by donors for the activities of the PAGGW.
