The Zamfara State Government has earmarked N1.3bn in the 2024 fiscal year for gully erosion control projects in seven major areas across the state.
This was revealed by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mahmud Muhammad on Sunday after defending the ministry’s budget before the Zamfara House of Assembly Committee on Appropriation.
Governor Dauda Lawal on Thursday, presented N423.5 bn 2024 Appropriation Bill to the House for approval.
According to Muhammad, the state government set aside about N20bn in the 2024 estimate for viable environmental protection, sanitation, deforestation projects, among others.
He revealed that the state government would procure 12,000 modern stoves for distribution to vulnerable households under the ‘Dauda Lawal’s Climate Action Plan Policy.
“The project will also reduce carbon emissions and attraction of carbon credit for the state as well as curb deforestation and environmental pollution.
“This will have great impacts on the state as it will reduce various health challenges of using firewood resulting in smoke that poses danger to human health,” he added
(NAN)
