The Hope Green Revolution, an ambitious and revolutionary approach to addressing climate change in Imo state and beyond, has been flagged-off in Imo state.
Governor Uzodinma also approved the holistic green strategies for a greener and new Imo, as the state officially goes green in November 2022 at Government House, Owerri
Governor Hope Uzodinma directed all Imo sole administrators to plant 10,000 trees in their domain.
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In his address at the event, Governor Uzodinma disclosed that the Hope Green Revolution is an ambitious and revolutionary means to contain the climate change in the state and sub-Saharan Africa.
The flag-off ceremony was an event of strategic stakeholders in climate finance, trade, investment, environment, health, transportation, among others
Speaking earlier, the Managing Director/CEO of Numerix Development Limited, Engr. Babatunde Aina, highlighted the immediate take-off projects which are: Clean Cooking Technologies Deployment to be distributed and All-encompassing Retrofitting.
Others include innovative economic tree planting and nurturing, training and capacity building for green job creation, and the Imo state carbon credit train, which aims to leave no one behind.
According to Engr Aina, the Imo government appointed and signed a joint venture partnership agreement with his company and Summit Innovative and Synergy Limited in Nigeria for carbon credits, carbon finance, carbon income, and carbon emissions reduction.
He stated that the effort is part of a Strategic Green Partnership Initiative, and that the Hope Green Revolution is the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa because it goes beyond planting trees.
