Ms. Amina Jibril Mohammed, the Special Adviser to the UN Secretary
General on Post-2015 Development Planning has charged Nigerian
businesses to invest more in renewable energy in the country, This Day reports.
She has been working in the field of
development for more than 30 years both in the public sector and the private
sector. Prior to her current appointment, she was the CEO and founder of the
think tank Center for Development Policy Solutions.
The need for investment in
renewable energy would greatly contribute to the attainment of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) on environment, this call she made in Abuja during a meeting
held by Ban Ki-Moon with Nigeria’s business and philanthropy leaders.
She said; “We need to think about
finding the innovative ways of greening the economy and it is important we
focus on renewable energy. The UN Secretary-General is leading a global
initiative – Sustainable Energy for All to achieve universal energy access,
improve energy efficiency and increase the use of renewable energy”. According
to Mohammed, SDGs are expected to replace the eight Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) at the end of 2015.
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