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Nigeria is the second largest beneficiary of the
Global Environment Facility (GEF) fund allocation to Africa, Chief Executive
Officer of GEF Monique Barbut, said while South Africa is the largest
beneficiary in the continent.

Mrs Barbut, who disclosed this to the News Agency
of Nigeria in Washington DC, also said that GEF had shown a lot of interest in
environmental affairs in Nigeria. “As the second largest beneficiary of GEF
programme in Africa, the fund had impacted positively on programmes with
tremendous benefits to the country in its drive to safeguard and ensure
environmental safety.

Barbut, who is also the chairperson of GEF said that Nigeria in the past has
had challenges and difficulties in engaging with GEF,but that with the right
leadership in place, the country had taken its rightful position on GEF
programmes in Africa.