2025 SCP summary for policy makers

Topic: SCP

Document Type: SCP

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) publishes the SCP to provide information on the outlook of important climate parameters (such as rainfall amount, onset of growing season, end of growth season, and temperatures from January to May) for the year. It is part of NiMet's Weather Early Warning System, which serves critical economic sectors in Nigeria such as agriculture, health, power, water resources, disaster risk management, telecommunications, and so on. The SCP also investigates the possible socio-economic effects of forecast climate variables for Nigeria's weather-sensitive industries