Nigeria, Oct. 7 -- Nigeria is looking the way of climate funds to step up the expansion of infrastructure, green energy and jobs, and so is giving thought to unlocking international finance to actualise the ambition.

Wale Edun, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of the Economy, revealed in his address at the inaugural session of the 31st Nigerian Economic Summit on Monday, that the government is holding talks with multilateral organisations like the World Bank, IMF, AfDB, and the G20 to back the move.

"That's where the money is, and that's where we, too, must focus our efforts. Recognising this, at COP28, we saw the trends clearly and immediately established a Green Growth Office and Facility in the Ministry of Finance," ...