Kwankwaso made this statement during a town hall meeting on Tuesday at the University of Abuja.
The theme of the event was “2023 General Elections and the Quest for a Greener Nigeria”. Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Corporate Accountability and Popular Participation Africa (CAPPA) and We The People jointly organized it.
Speaking on behalf of the NNPP presidential candidate, its national chairman promised to build infrastructure that would make communities more resilient.
“We will also improve livelihoods and well-being, promote adaptation capacity, and achieve low-emission, and sustainable economic growth,” he said.
In addition, presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress has said that he would renounce fossil fuel if elected during the February election.
Sowore promised that his administration would ensure that those who caused the destruction of trees, gas flaring, pollution leading to ozone layer depletion and earth-destruction pay compensations.
Also, presidential candidate Adebayo Adeoye of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) said that he would enforce section 20 of the Nigerian Constitution, which provides for environmental protection as one of fundamental objectives and directive principles.
According to Adeoye, this states that all Nigerian states shall protect and improve the environment and safeguard water bodies in order to ensure access for local communities.
He said that his administration would take action on environmental plans, so long as they did not interfere with the country’s socio-economic development.
In his speech, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), said that he would make sure science and technology research were better funded to address climate change and environmental crises.
He said that his administration would also begin a campaign to educate Nigerians about the issues of climate change and environmental challenges.
Mr Nnimmo Bassey, the Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), said that The town hall meeting was convened to give presidential candidates a chance to discuss their plans for addressing the country's most pressing environmental and climate challenges.
Bassey believes that the 2023 general elections will provide Nigerians with an opportunity to learn about how presidential candidates plan on dealing with environmental issues, and especially climate change.
