Nigeria heads to COP31 seeking investors for a transition worth 840,000 jobs
'Dollars. Deals. Deliveries. Dividends': the climate council wants pledges turned into projects that pay Nigerians.
Abuja — Nigeria will use the COP31 climate conference in Antalya, Türkiye, to court investors for its energy transition, which its Energy Transition Plan estimates could create about 340,000 net new jobs by 2030 and 840,000 by 2060.
Tenioye Majekodunmi, director-general of the National Council on Climate Change, told a briefing in Abuja on Thursday that Nigeria would show it is ready to move from commitments to delivery. "Capital follows certainty," she said: investors need predictable policy, credible institutions and bankable projects.
Four Ds
The council's pathway is "Dollars. Deals. Deliveries. Dividends": finance pledges become signed deals, deals become projects on the ground, and projects produce jobs, businesses and incomes.
"Nigeria's climate transition will not be measured only in tonnes of carbon avoided. It will be measured in jobs created, businesses built and incomes improved," she said.
The jobs are expected mainly in power, clean cooking and transport. Nigeria will also pitch green industrialisation, critical minerals and carbon-market cooperation under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, building on its updated climate plan, NDC 3.0.
Source: AllAfrica, 30 October 2026.
