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| name                = National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW)
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| type                = Federal Government Agency
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| abbreviation        = NAGGW
| founder             = [[Nigeria|Federal Government of Nigeria]]
| key_people          = Alhaji [[Saleh Abubakar]]
| area_served         = [[Nigeria]]
| focus               = [[Climate Change]]
| headquarters        = [[Abuja]], Nigeria
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| owner               = [[Nigeria|Federal Republic of Nigeria]]
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The '''National Agency for the Great Green Wall''' (NAGGW) is a Nigerian federal agency under the [[Federal Ministry of Environment (Nigeria)]], established to address [[land degradation]] and [[desertification]], boost [[food security]] and support communities to adapt to [[climate change]] in the Nigerian states of [[Sokoto]], [[Kebbi]], [[Kastina]], [[Zamfara]], [[Kano State|Kano]], [[Jigawa]], [[Bauchi]], [[Gombe State|Gombe]], [[Yobe]], [[Borno State|Borno]], and [[Adamawa State|Adamawa]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gef6.globelegislators.org/nigeria/the-great-green-wall-experience-in-nigeria | title=The Great Green Wall Experience in Nigeria &#124; GLOBE }}</ref> The NAGGW serves as the Nigerian focal point for the actualisation of the vision of the [[African Union]]’s [[Great Green Wall (Africa)|Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel project]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall | title=Great Green Wall — the Great Green Wall }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nigeriagalleria.com/directory/listing/national-agency-for-great-green-wall/ | title=National Agency for Great Green Wall (NAGGW) }}</ref> The mission of the NAGGW is to halt and reverse land degradation, prevent depletion of biological diversity, ensure that by 2025, ecosystems are resilient to climate change and continue to provide essential services that would contribute to human welfare and poverty eradication.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://authorityngr.com/2021/03/01/naggw-revalidates-national-strategic-action-plan/ | title=NAGGW revalidates National Strategic Action Plan – THE AUTHORITY NEWS }}</ref>
==History==
The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) was established by Act of Parliament in 2015<ref>{{cite web | url=https://placng.org/i/documents/national-agency-for-the-great-wall-establishment-act-2015/ | title=National Agency for the Great Wall (Establishment) Act 2015 - Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre | date=25 April 2016 }}</ref> to implement the vision of the [[African Union]] and its Heads and State of Governments [[Great Green Wall (Africa)|Great Green Wall of the Sahara and the Sahel project]] Initiative (GGWSSI) of 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blueprint.ng/fg-approve-national-agency-on-great-green-wall/ | title=FG approve National Agency on Great Green Wall | date=22 October 2014 }}</ref> The initiative centred on the efforts to combat [[land degradation]], [[drought]] and [[desertification]] and other menace orchestrated by impacts of [[climate change]] and a strive in the implementation process to improve on the livelihoods of the affected communities and reduce apparent manifestation of poverty and building the resilience of the people on the phenomena of climate change. The scope of the implementation process of the GGW programme covers the northern frontline States (Adamawa, Borno, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Yobe).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://guardian.ng/property/experts-decry-great-green-wall-project-implementation/ | title=Experts decry Great Green Wall project implementation | date=27 June 2022 }}</ref>
==Intervention and Projects==
*Ecological Fund Supporting Great Green Wall Activities (EFO)
*Massive afforestation and reforestation activities supported by the Natural Resources Development Fund (NRDF);
*Action Against Desertification (AAD) Project supported by the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) of the [[United Nations]] and the [[European Union]] (EU).
==Leadership==
The agency is headed by a Director General appointed by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, responsible for the execution of the policies, programmes and plans as approved by the council; and the day-to-day administration of the Agency. The current DG is Dr Yusuf Maina-Bukar who was appointed by President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] on April 1, 2022, for a 4-year term<ref>{{cite web | url=https://radionigeria.gov.ng/2022/04/01/national-agency-for-the-great-green-wall-gets-new-dg/ | title=National Agency for the Great Green Wall gets New DG | date=April 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecable.ng/buhari-appoints-yusuf-maina-bukar-as-dg-of-great-green-wall-agency | title=Buhari appoints Yusuf Maina-Bukar as DG of great green wall agency | date=April 2022 }}</ref> after the expiration of the tenure of Dr Bukar Hassan.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.environewsnigeria.com/outgoing-naggw-boss-calls-for-effective-service-delivery-from-staff/ | title=Outgoing NAGGW boss calls for effective service delivery from staff | date=8 April 2022 }}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Federal Ministries of Nigeria]]
[[Category:Environmental organizations based in Nigeria]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Nigeria]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2015]]