Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said his administration has been applying local solutions to challenges created by global climate challenges in the state.
According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, the governor, who spoke in Abuja, while addressing the Executive Intelligence Management Course at the Institute of Security Studies, said the challenges ranged from flooding to waste disposal and insecurity.
Speaking on the topic, “The global climate challenge and governance: The Oyo State experience,” Makinde said no one could deny the effects of global climate change, adding that its effects are already manifesting globally with attendant frequent wildfires, storms, droughts, flooding, landslides, receding coastlines and expanding deserts.
He stated that aside from flooding, the state, especially the city of Ibadan has a perennial waste disposal issue which he said, is worsening other climate-related challenges.
On the issue of climate-induced insecurity, leading to farmer-herder clashes, the governor said the opportunity to address the challenge came through the creation of the Western Security Network codenamed Amotekun.
Meanwhile, the governor has lamented the insecurity ravaging the country with a call to the Nigerian Army to support the state to rid its territory of criminals and illegal miners.
The governor, according to a statement by Adisa, said this on Thursday in Ibadan while hosting the new General Officer Commanding, 2 Division, Nigeria Army, Major General Aminu Chinade in Ibadan.
The governor sought the partnership of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies to flush out illegal miners and mining activities in the state.
