{"id":127289,"date":"2023-12-04T15:53:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/not-all-cop28-delegates-are-sponsored-by-fg-presidency-to-nigerians\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:53:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:53:46","slug":"not-all-cop28-delegates-are-sponsored-by-fg-presidency-to-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/not-all-cop28-delegates-are-sponsored-by-fg-presidency-to-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Not All COP28 Delegates Are Sponsored By FG \u2014 Presidency To Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Presidency has said only a handful of the 1,411 Nigerian delegates who registered to attend the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, are sponsored by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

This was, as it said, a bulk of the contingents comprised private sector players such as businesspeople, Civil Society Organisations and delegates from Nigeria\u2019s oil-producing Niger Delta region.<\/p>\n

It also argued that the delegates are at the Summit to promote their respective causes and not for a jamboree.<\/p>\n

President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, in a Sunday statement said: \u201cIt is important to state here that delegates from all countries, whether from government, private sector, media and civil society groups, attend COP summits and conferences as parties and the number of attendees are registered against their countries of origin. This does not mean they are sponsored or funded by the government.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s response follows social media uproar over the significant presence of Nigerian delegates at the ongoing United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai.<\/p>\n

While noting that the large contingent from Nigeria is not solely government-funded, Ajayi said, \u201cIt is important to state here that delegates from all countries whether from government, private sector, media and civil society groups attend COP summits and conferences as parties and the number of attendees are registered against their countries of origin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis does not mean that they are sponsored or funded by the government. It must also be said that the fact that people registered to attend a conference does not mean everyone who registered is physically present.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the biggest country in Africa, the biggest economy and one with a bigger stake in climate action as a country with a huge extractive economy, it is a no-brainer that delegates from Nigeria will be more than any other country in Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed out that because of the significance of the climate conference, stakeholders from Nigeria beyond the government are also involved.<\/p>\n

They include UBA Chairman, Tony Elumelu; Chairman of BUA group, Abdul Samad Rabiu and other billionaires \u201cwhose businesses are promoting sustainability and climate actions through their philanthropies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese businessmen and women and their staff who came with them to promote their own business interests are part of the 1,411 delegates from Nigeria. Their trip to Dubai is not funded by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n

READ ALSO: Toke Makinwa Reacts After Netizens Dragged Her For Being In President Tinubu\u2019s COP28 Delegation In Dubai<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnited Nations Climate summit, by its very nature, commands attendance of big names from across the world \u2013 statesmen and women, politicians, lawmakers, corporate titans, journalists and activists, etc. who promote big global agenda. So, people attend the summit for many reasons,\u201d the Presidency clarified in the statement titled \u2018Nigeria at COP28: Separating the facts from fiction.\u2019<\/p>\n

Ajayi also explained that when the world comes together to take action to achieve a common goal and proffer collective solutions to a nagging global concern, there are parties involved from government, private sector, civil society, media and multilateral institutions.<\/p>\n

He noted, \u201cIn Nigeria like so many other countries, interested parties comprising government officials from both the Federal and sub-national governments, business leaders, environmentalists, climate activists and journalists are present in Dubai.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also participating are agencies of government such as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and its subsidiaries, the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, the Niger Delta Development Commission and many youth organisations from Nigeria, he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President of Ijaw Youth Council, Jonathan Lokpobiri, leads a pan-Ijaw delegation of more than 15 people who registered as parties from Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong delegates from Nigeria are also over 20 journalists from various media houses.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir participation is very important. It is not for jamboree as it is being mischievously represented on social media,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Defending Tinubu\u2019s participation at the global summit, the aide said, \u201cPresident Tinubu and other officials on the Federal Government delegation are in Dubai for serious business not jamboree.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur President has been very busy representing our country well. Since Thursday morning when he arrived Dubai, President Tinubu has spent not less than 18 hours daily in attending very important sessions, pushing our national agenda whilst holding bilateral and business meetings on the sidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Presidency highlighted the logic behind Nigeria\u2019s participation, stating, \u201cAfrica that is battling problems of poverty, security and struggling to provide education and healthcare to her people cannot be told to abandon its major source of income which is mostly from extractive industries without the West providing the funding and investment in alternative and clean energy sources.\u201d<\/p>\n

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