President BUHARI said the impact of climate change was threatening the Lake Chad, as the water boy continues to degenerate.
The Nigerian leader made the call during an audience in Abuja with the Director-General of UNESCO, IRINA BOKOVA.
President BUHARI warned that failure to regenerate the Lake Chad could lead to migration by people living in the surrounding areas.
He said Nigeria and other countries of the Lake Chad Basin lacked the financial capacity required to channel water from the Congo Basin into the lake to check its rapid depletion.
BUHARI noted that those living in the Lake Chad region have suffered untold hardship and displacement because of the Boko Haram insurgency.
On her part; the UNESCO Director-General said she was in Nigeria to strengthen the organization’s programme in the areas of science and technology, gender and youth development, culture, water resources development, health and environment.
In a statement; the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, GARBA SHEHU said IRINA BOKOVA has been on a week-long visit to West and Central Africa since 6th August.
