Developing Opportunities 2 Kickstart Action and Jumpstart Impact Investing & Nature-based Solutions in
Ekiti
Eco-Citizen Ekiti aims to catalyze sustainable development by fostering innovative investments and environmental solutions that drive economic growth and resilience in the state. It is a green development initiative created to activate statewide eco-citizens to accelerate community-based, low-carbon impact investment programs that benefit both people and the planet.
This initiative is designed to deploy real-time intergenerational green growth mechanisms that drive net-zero, climate-positive opportunities through people-centric, market-driven eco-policy impact platforms. It seeks to guarantee the first bankable circular economy and fiscal efficiency strategy for sustainable development in Ekiti State.
Eco-Citizen Ekiti activates and amplifies citizen-driven climate action as the most scalable approach to ensuring low-carbon, resource-efficient, and socially inclusive economies.
The program recognizes the inextricable link between the health of our planet and the well-being of people. It acknowledges that a thriving environment is essential for human prosperity and social equity.
The program is designed to emphasize the interconnectedness of the green economy and the circular economy, encouraging a shift towards reducing the consumption of natural resources to sustainable levels and promoting the principles of reuse, recycling, and regeneration.
Eco-Citizen Ekiti embraces inclusive economic models that prioritize prosperity within the limits of our planet's resources. It recognizes the need for a new paradigm of economic development that balances growth with environmental stewardship and social responsibility.
The initiative centres on three major aspects of Green Economy Development — environmental responsiveness, resource efficiency, and community and cultural sensitivity.
Environmental responsiveness involves respecting the intrinsic value of nature and minimizing damage to the ecosystem.
Community and Cultural Sensitivity involve recognising and accepting the unique cultural values that each community contributes towards development.
Resource efficiency involves the use of fewer resources to conserve energy and the environment.
By focusing on actionable strategies, the Eco-Citizen initiative seeks to ignite impactful investments and implement nature-based solutions that address environmental challenges while fostering economic growth and community resilience.
Through targeted interventions and collaboration with local stakeholders, this initiative aims to create a robust foundation for long-term prosperity and sustainability in Ekiti.
Eco-Citizen Ekiti is a Green4Ward initiative powered by a social action sustainable impact mobility marketplace strategy that engages, educates, empowers, and employs over 160,000 young, resourceful eco-citizens across 16 LGAs in Ekiti State through Eco-Marshall jobs.
It incentivizes 1.6 million eco-volunteers, awards 16,000 eco-nnovation grants, and launches 16 eco-tourism and heritage festivals, while securing rural energy efficiency solutions through sustainability investment partnerships that promote climate justice, ensure climate finance, and support ecosystem conservation across communities in the state.
Eco-Citizen Ekiti Goals
ENGAGE
16 ECO-LGAS
ACTIVATE
16 WEEKS ECOCITIZENS EKITI FESTIVAL
PARTNER
1,600 GREEN VENTURE BUDDIES
AWARD
16,000 GREENNOVATION GRANTS
EMPLOY
160,000 GREEN MARSHALLS
INCENTIVIZE
1.6M GREEN VOLUNTEERS
ACCESS
1.6M HEALTHCARE WALLETS
DISTRIBUTE
160,000 CLEAN COOK STOVES
PLEDGE TO PLANT
160M TREES
LAUNCH $1.6BN
ECOCITIZENS EKITI FUND
ADMINISTER 160
ECOCITIZENS EKITI ZONES
INTEGRATE 160+
GREEN2RYBE HUBS