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By Our Reporter, Lafia
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) has urged climate change stakeholders in Nasarawa state to sustain African Activists for Climate Justice capacity-building Project in the state to combat the impacts of climate change.
Mr Ango Adamu, Executive Secretary YMCA Mada Hills gave the charge at a 1-Day Stakeholders ‘Reflection/Review Meeting in Lafia.
The YMCA in collaboration with the Association of Small Scale Agro Producers in Nigeria (ASSAPIN) is implementing the AACJ Project in Nasarawa state, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Oxfam in Nigeria.
According to Adamu, the call becomes necessary as the project winds up in 2025, noting that sustainability is the way to go to build resilience and adaptation to mitigate the impacts of climate change on communities.
Adamu who is also the Coordinator of the AACJ Project in Nasarawa state said the essence of the stakeholders’ reflection/review meeting was to enable them to draw lessons learned and challenges, for 2025 improvement.
“Because of that, we call all communities to share with us success stories and challenges of the step-down trainings of community nursery establishment and briquette production.
“But most importantly, is to learn from one another what we have done well, and what has not done well so that we can reflect on them and see how we can better plan for 2025.
“So far, I’m highly impressed, going by reports from the five communities we are supporting. They are excellently doing well, and they are carrying a larger number of people at the grassroots along, that’s part of sustainability,” he said.
He called on stakeholders from the new additional five LGAs; Doma, Keana, Obi, Keffi and Wamba to do everything possible to nurture and protect oil palm nurseries in their communities.
Also speaking, Rev. Dr James Agot, President YMCA Mada Hills and Rev. Solomon Tigga both thanked Oxfam, the AACJ and the stakeholders for support and called for sustenance.
Nancy Tigga, a stakeholder from Sabon Pegi Community said she was impacted by the AACJ Project, adding that she had started her own oil palm, cashew and mango nursery.
“I have also started sharing the knowledge I got from the capacity-building training with members of my community especially in the area of tree planting. God willing, I intend to take it further,” she said.
Matthew Sabo, Programme tracking Officer for AACJ, Akurba/Bukansidi Ward described the project as impactful, noting that the community was given 1500 oil palm seedlings for nursery establishment.
“We have been able to raise them to a point where we shared the oil palm trees with the members of the community, as I’m telling you today, the oil palms are doing well, and the beneficiaries are so happy. They are planning to expand it on their own,” he said.
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