A Christian based organisation under the aegis of TASTE Nigeria, has engaged stakeholders in Plateau State on carbon sequestration ecosystem to drive affordable and portable drinking water in the state.

Acenews online reports that the TASTE Nigeria stakeholders engagement in collaboration with City Ministries and Co2balance focused on rural water supply, using technology that either removes, reduces, or avoids carbon emissions.

The project which is under the Gold Standard foundation brought together stakeholders from the 17 local governments of Plateau as participants shed knowledge on enhancing clean water resilience in vulnerable communities.

Speaking in Jos on Thursday during the consultation meeting with local stakeholders, the country Director of TASTE Nigeria, Nuhu Yakubu Chai, confirmed they engage key stakeholders to help them understand the issues surrounding water, the environment, conservation, and biodiversity.
Chai, acknowledged the project is targeted at improving the ecosystem by reducing carbon emissions. 

He said the organisation intensified rehabilitation of over 1000 boreholes in Plateau as the state government planted over one trees to enhance natural fore

natural forest conservation, tree planting (over 1 million trees), and borehole rehabilitation (over 1,000) in Plateau State [

He further revealed that Nigerian government, since 2022, set up the National Council on Climate Change and also introduced laws to ensure the ecosystem is safeguarded.
"In December 2025, I saw that the Vice President approved the Nigeria Carbon Credit Framework and the Manual of Procedures. That means Nigeria is set to attract huge investment connected to ecosystem biodiversity, and to improve the livelihood of Nigerians. That is at the national level.

"Coming back to Plateau State, if you look at agencies under the Ministry of Environment, particularly ACRESAL, and the projects they carry out, you will see they are targeted at improving the ecosystem.

"Last year again, the Plateau State Governor signed a partnership agreement to bring back World Bank-supported activities, using appropriate technology to improve the ecosystem.

"This Manual of Procedure and the Carbon Credit Framework, though not yet fully operational, will position Nigeria to attract investments in billions of dollars in order to improve carbon sequestration.

"Also, natural forest conservation, afforestation, and the use of improved cookstoves are key areas. Communities can also benefit through climate-smart agriculture, and even the type of farm inputs that we introduce can position a community to benefit from the project", the country director mentioned.