Governor Makinde Inaugurates 20-Member Climate Council to Drive Oyo’s Green Transition
Governor Seyi Makinde has inaugurated the Oyo State Council on Climate Change (OYCC), a 20-member body tasked with tackling climate change impacts and ensuring the implementation of global climate commitments at the state level.
Makinde, who chairs the council, said the initiative aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 and the Paris Agreement on climate action.
He explained that the council was established to confront growing climate-related challenges in the state, including unpredictable rainfall patterns affecting food security and rising extreme weather conditions such as excessive heat.
The governor appreciated members drawn from the private sector, civil society organisations, and academia for accepting to serve, urging them to deliver impactful results that would establish a lasting framework for future generations.
Speaking also, the Commissioner for Environment and Vice Chairman of the council, Mr. Ademola Aderinto, said human activities have intensified negative climate effects, stressing the need for locally driven solutions.
Aderinto noted that the council would oversee the development and implementation of a new climate action policy document recently received by the state, with the aim of transforming it into enforceable law.
The council include commissioners, permanent Secretaries, private sectors, civil society organisations and academia.
Present at the inauguration include Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, Lawmakers, top government functionaries and traditional leaders led by Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, represented by Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Tajudeen Ajibola.