‘Govt can’t fight climate change without understanding geography’

The Association of Nigerian Geographers (ANG) has said the government’s fight against climate change will not succeed unless geography is restored in the secondary school curriculum. The president of the association, KayodeOyesiku, said an understanding of the climate and how to mitigate global warming cannot be successful without a good understanding of geography. He said […]

The Association of Nigerian Geographers (ANG) has said the government’s fight against climate change will not succeed unless geography is restored in the secondary school curriculum.

The president of the association, KayodeOyesiku, said an understanding of the climate and how to mitigate global warming cannot be successful without a good understanding of geography.

He said the government will do itself and the entire nation a disservice if geography is not restored to the secondary school curriculum and taught as an independent subject.

Oyesiku said geography has broadened what was traditionally considered as a discipline embracing climate, weather, vegetation, soil, and geology.

He said Nigeria cannot compete with other countries in terms of mitigating the implications of global warming if Nigerians are not taught about the causes and implications of climate change which he said could be understood through geography.

He appealed to the Federal Government through its agencies to consider bringing back geography into the curriculum of senior secondary schools as a subject and made compulsory for those that are in the science courses at the senior secondary level.