By Stella Omona
Abuja
The Minister of State for Environment, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako has stated that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Green Heroes Project will create 400,000 direct jobs for the youth and retirees in the country and 750,000 in the future across the country through the implementation of the special presidential initiative on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
He said the Presidential Initiative on Climate change will focus on the plan to create 24 community forests covering 240 hectares of land in 24 local government areas of the country.
The minister made this known in Abuja during commemoration of the International Day for Combating Sand and Dust Storm.
In a statement on Sunday, Dr Salako urged the Nigerian youths and retirees to use the opportunity of the Presidential Initiative to engage themselves in self empowerment.
The minister urged all relevant stakeholders to support the initiative, most especially at subnational levels to reduce level of unemployment, climate change mitigation and adaptation.
In another fora, the minister revealed that the ministry will collaborate with the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to upscale all the existing Plastic recycling plants nationwide to creat 400,000 direct jobs for the youth in the country and 750,000 in the future.
