 The Minister of the Environment, Mr. Balarabi-Lawal, announced during the 2024 budget defence meeting with the National Assembly Joint Committee on Environment held at National Assembly Complex on Friday, December 15, 2023 that his ministry aims to address the shrinking lake chard. He outlined plans to draw water from larger water bodies in other countries aimed to reduce the lake chard to combat its reduction. The minister emphasised that this initiative alongside monitoring rainfall patterns to alleviate flooding constitutes crucial project implementation in 2024. The minister highlighted the federal government's efforts towards rain harvesting and flood trapping as innovative strategies to transform flood disasters into opportunities for prosperity. And that's why we need to have a lot of money in the area of climate change and in the area of crisis. We are going to sign a lot of other engagement with some international organizations, particularly FAO and the World Bank. Thank you. And the Committee of Environment in the House of Representatives, our mission is to ensure that the budget we are going to pass today is a budget that will have an impact on our environment at the end of 2024. Thank you.