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May

01

2023

Climate law needs operationalisation to achieve nation’s development goals, says Rep. Onuigbo

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #SamOnuigbo

Climate law needs operationalisation to achieve nation’s development goals, says Rep. Onuigbo If Nigeria is to successfully address climate change and build a structure for sustainable growth, lawmaker, Samuel Onuigbo, has said that those in charge of planning and implementing the Climate Change Act (CCA 2021) must move quickly into action and execute some of the law’s most extreme provisions. This is significant, according to Onuigbo who sponsored the text, which is now the nation’s legal framework on climate change, because the legislation captured all of the ecological factors endangering the country as well…

Apr

28

2023

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Council on Climate Change Act elevated Nigeria’s position globally

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #MohammaduBuhari, #SamOnuigbo

Council on Climate Change Act elevated Nigeria’s position globally Hon. Samuel Ifeanyi Onuigbo, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change and Vice President, Globe International, in this interview with Leo Sobechi, speaks on the benefits of the Climate Change Law and Nigeria’s mileage in the race to net zero carbon emission. Do you think the climate change law, which you propelled, has any positive bearing on the nation? I think so. The reason is that Mr. President graciously assented to that bill. I sponsored that bill in the 8th Assembly, but it was denied assent by the…

Apr

18

2023

By Famous Reporters

Onuigbo Makes Semi Final List Of Most Valuable MP For The 9th Assembly

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #Parliamentarian, RepSamOnuigbo

Onuigbo Makes Semi Final List Of Most Valuable MP For The 9th Assembly The member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency, Rep Sam Onuigbo, has continued to get recognition for his outstanding performance at the National Assembly. OrderPaper Nigeria, a prominent Civil Society Organisation which rates performances by National Assembly members shortlisted Onuigbo alongside the Deputy Senate President, Ovi Omo-Agege, the Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and 17 other members of the ninth National Assembly as Semi-Finalists for the country’s first-ever Most Valuable Parliamentarian (MVP) Hall of Fame. Rep. Sam Onuigbo, the sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change…

Feb

08

2023

By Famous Reporters

Rep. Onuigbo Receives Sacred Blessings From Osisioma Ngwa CAN Boss

POLITICS#ClimateChange, #ErosionControl, Rep.SamOnuigbo

Rep. Onuigbo Receives Sacred Blessings From Osisioma Ngwa CAN Boss The Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for Abia Central Senatorial District, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, yesterday, February 7, 2023, made a courtesy call to Rev. Fr. Dr. Kelechi Anyanwu, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman, Osisioma Chapter, who also is the Chief Methodist of the Catholic Church in Aba Diocese, and the Parish Priest of The Blessed Tansi Catholic Church, Osisioma Ngwa. Thanking the CAN Chairman for receiving him with warmth on such short notice, Rep Onuigbo stated that he had come to pay his respect to the…

Feb

07

2023

By Famous Reporters

Onuigbo’s Climate Change Act Was FG’s Most Significant Effort On Climate Change, Says Environment Minister, Abdullahi

NATIONAL NEWS#CarbonTrading, #ClimateChange, #ClimateChangeAct, #EnvironmentalDegradation, #MohammedAbdullahi, RepSamOnuigbo

Onuigbo’s Climate Change Act Was FG’s Most Significant Effort on Climate Change The Climate Change Act sponsored by the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, and candidate of the APC for Abia Central Senatorial District, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has been described as Nigeria’s most significant effort towards climate change mitigation and adaptation between 2015-2023. The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi, stated this while briefing newsmen in Abuja, on Monday, February 6, 2023, on the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR in the environment sector between 2015-2023. According to Abdullahi; “The most significant action taken towards playing our role in climate change…

Jan

27

2023

By Famous Reporters

Protection Of Endangered Species: House of Reps. Considers Rep. Onuigbo’s Bill

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #EcologicalBalance, #SpeciesConservation, RepSamOnuigbo

Protection Of Endangered Species: House of Reps. Considers Rep. Onuigbo’s Bill Rep. Sam Onuigbo, member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, has taken a further step towards biodiversity conservation by sponsoring the Bill for the protection of endangered species. His Bill, “Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, 2023” on Wednesday, 25th January, 2023, passed through First Reading at the House of Representatives. The Bill which seeks to establish a legal framework for the conservation, protection and recovery of endangered species and their habitat represents a critical effort at biodiversity conservation and a sustainable planning for the future of Nigeria. It…

Dec

19

2022

By Famous Reporters

Why Abia Central Needs Rep. Sam Onuigbo Part 1

OPINION, POLITICS#ClimateChange, #EffectiveRepresentation, RepSamOnuigbo

Why Abia Central Needs Rep. Sam Onuigbo Part 1 By Ugochukwu Uzuegbu Campaigns for the 2023 general elections have begun in earnest. During this election cycle, the member representing the good people of Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo (Odozi Obodo), will be seeking to be elected as the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District. Rep. Onuigbo’s campaign will focus on issues and not persons and true to his laser-focused way of doing things, will seek to highlight what he has been able to achieve as a representative of the people of Ikwuano/Umuahia, which is the type of…

Dec

01

2022

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GLOBE Makes Case for Collaboration to Tackle Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Desertification

NATIONAL NEWS#ClimateChange, #Globe, Desertification, RepSamOnuigbo

GLOBE Makes Case for Collaboration to Tackle Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Desertification The President of GLOBE Nigeria, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has called for stakeholders involved in implementing the three Rio Conventions(climate change, biodiversity, and desertification) in Nigeria to complement each others work to ensure a more impactful result. Onuigbo was speaking during GLOBE’s “Post-COP27: Action Points for an Integrated Approach to Addressing Climate, Nature, and Desertification in Nigeria,” round table which held in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 29, 2022. The lawmaker who emphasised that there there is an intersection between all three conventions stressed that “addressing all…

Nov

24

2022

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Onuigbo Addresses Luxor Forum of the Climate Parliament

WORLD NEWS#ClimateChange, #ClimateParliament, #EnvironmentalDegradation, #SamOnuigbo, Desertification

Onuigbo Addresses Luxor Forum of the Climate Parliament The Member representing Ikwuano Umuahia North and South Federal Constituency of Abia State and Chairman, Climate Parliament Nigeria, Hon. Sam Onuigbo says the inclusion of all stakeholders in the Climate Council in Nigeria would be effective in addressing Climate Change challenges in the country. Onuigbo who successfully sponsored the Nigerian Climate Change Act 2021 after three past unsuccessful attempts by the 6th, 7th, 8th before it succeeded in the 9th Assembly in 2021 said at the Luxor Forum of the Climate Parliament in Luxor Egypt “the efforts to…

Nov

21

2022

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Nigeria’s Climate Change Act Is Inclusive, Says Rep. Onuigbo (See Video)

Uncategorized#ClimateChange, Climate parliament, RepSamOnuigbo

Nigeria's Climate Change Act Is Inclusive, Says Rep. Onuigbo Rep. Sam Onuigbo, Member House of Representatives and Chairperson of Climate Parliament Nigeria has said that Nigeria's Climate Change Act makes provision for the participation of several strata of government,persons, and organisations. Onuigbo was speaking at Climate Parliament's "Luxor Forum" which was held in Luxor, Egypt, between November 4-6, 2022. The Member of Parliament who sponsored the Bill that become the Climate Change Act said the Act makes provision for the States to be represented on the National Council on Climate Change -- Nigeria's highest decision making body as established by…