The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), Prof. Charles Anosike has expressed appreciation to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for donating weather stations to the agency under the Northwest Climate Peace Hubs Project.

Climate Peace Hub is a community-based aggregation of farmers, herders, and other environmental actors brought together under one umbrella to facilitate peaceful coexistence in the face of climate-induced conflict.

Prof. Anosike was speaking on Monday, 5th May 2025, at the Campbell Scientific Automatic Weather Station (AWS) training held at NiMet Headquarters. He said that the aim of the training is to provide guidance in the installation, calibration, and utilization of the weather stations donated by the UNDP to ensure optimal utilization and improved climate monitoring to boost the agency’s weather forecasts.

“This initiative will ultimately help to improve data quality, increase climate risk information, and strengthen preparedness for weather events”, he said.

Prof. Anosike appreciated the efforts of Campbell Scientific, whose expertise and facilitation of the training are instrumental to the sustainability of the partnership with UNDP.

He charged the training participants to actively engage in the training to gain insights and apply them meaningfully in their respective fields.

“With the collaborative efforts of UNDP, Campbell Scientific, and all of you, we are making strides toward a more robust meteorological infrastructure and ensuring climate security in our target

communities”, Prof. Anosike concluded.