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By Felicia Imohimi
In commemoration of World Social Justice Day, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has harassed the necessity for systemic reforms that prioritise local weather justice and social fairness.
The organisation stated the reforms are wanted resulting from rising residing prices, underfunded public providers, and worsening meals insecurity driving extra individuals into poverty.
The Country Director of AAN, Andrew Mamedu, made the decision in a press release on Thursday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that World Social Justice Day is noticed yearly on Feb. 20, with the 2025 theme 2025 “Strengthening a Just Transition for a Sustainable Future”.
Mamedu emphasised the necessity to deal with deepening inequalities pushed by financial mismanagement, poor public service provision, and the escalating local weather disaster.
He stated that financial development should translate into tangible advantages for Nigerians.
“AAN calls for pressing motion to make sure that social and financial insurance policies prioritise local weather justice and inclusive growth.
“Government should improve investments in climate-resilient, gender-responsive public providers to construct techniques that may stand up to local weather shocks whereas remaining accessible to all Nigerians.
“Fiscal insurance policies should be designed to scale back inequality, assist small companies, and cushion weak populations in opposition to financial shocks.
“Urgent motion is required to make sure an inclusive simply transition in the direction of 100 per cent renewable vitality, guided by ideas of fairness, participation, and systemic transformation.
“A just transition must leave no one behind. Nigeria cannot afford another year of policies that widen inequality and deepen climate vulnerability. Decisive action is overdue. The time for justice is now,” he added.
Mamedu, who famous that the federal government had not too long ago ‘celebrated’ the rebasing of the financial system, emphasised that the common citizen questioned how this might translate into tangible enhancements of their day by day lives.
“The actuality on the bottom paints a grim image, hovering inflation at 34.6 per cent as of December 2024, a weakened naira averaging ₦1,600 per greenback, and sluggish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) development at 2.9 per cent.
“Also, a staggering public debt exceeding 50 billion dollars, accounting for over 40 per cent of GDP”.
He decried the truth that, in spite growing public expenditures, important providers stay underfunded, infrastructure continues to deteriorate, and over 133 million Nigerians are trapped in multidimensional poverty.
According to him, these financial challenges not solely deepen inequality but additionally jeopardise the way forward for younger individuals and generations to come back.
He emphasised that with out deliberate funding in climate-resilient public providers and improved socio-economic insurance policies, financial development would stay a mere statistic, disconnected from residents’ day by day struggles.
“Climate change is exacerbating present inequalities, citing that smallholder farmers, who produce 70 per cent of Nigeria’s meals, are going through unpredictable rainfall, extended droughts, and devastating floods that destroy farmlands.
“Yet, support for climate-resilient agriculture remains minimal. The decline in food production has led to soaring prices, putting healthy and sufficient food out of reach for many families,” he stated.
Edited by Tosin Kolade