{"id":127310,"date":"2023-12-04T16:30:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/tell-us-amount-spent-in-sponsoring-cop28-delegates-refund-funds-spent-on-individuals-of-no-relevance-pdp-to-tinubu\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T16:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T16:30:06","slug":"tell-us-amount-spent-in-sponsoring-cop28-delegates-refund-funds-spent-on-individuals-of-no-relevance-pdp-to-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/tell-us-amount-spent-in-sponsoring-cop28-delegates-refund-funds-spent-on-individuals-of-no-relevance-pdp-to-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Us Amount Spent In Sponsoring COP28 Delegates, Refund Funds Spent On &#8216;Individuals Of No Relevance&#8217; \u2014 PDP To Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-901888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20231204-034328_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"COP28 Tinubu\" width=\"1080\" height=\"601\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tell Nigerians how much was spent to sponsor the delegates attending the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).<\/p>\n<p>According to a list published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), Nigeria has 1,411 participants out of 81,027 delegates registered to attend the summit in person, the third-highest number, alongside China.<\/p>\n<p>The participants\u2019 list showed that Nigeria also has the highest number of registered delegates from Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has also come under criticism over the participants\u2019 list as many Nigerians condenmed the sponsoring of delegates to the conference with taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Sunday, Debo Ologunagba, PDP spokesperson, said the Tinubu\u2019s administration is \u201cwasteful, frivolous and reckless in the application of the scarce resources of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opposition party accused Tinubu of adding the names of his \u201ccronies, mistresses and other hangers-on associated with the presidency\u201d to the delegates\u2019 list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Kano Governor\u2019s SSA, Accomplice Arrested For Diverting Palliatives For PWDs, Widows<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party challenges the presidency to come clean by making public the names of the official delegation sponsored by the federal government to the conference, the relevance of such individuals to the Conference and the total cost of such sponsorship on the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, Nigerians have the list and they know the genuine officials of sub-national governments and other self-sponsored entities at the Conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PDP calls on the national assembly, pursuant to its constitutional duty under Section 88 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) which empowers it to investigate and expose corruption by any organ of government, to immediately commence investigation into this embarrassing revelation and impose appropriate sanction on anyone or Institution found culpable in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party also demands that President Tinubu should be ready to refund any federal government funds improperly spent to sponsor any individual who has no relevance at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch funds should be channelled to projects that have direct bearing on the wellbeing of Nigerians,\u201d the PDP said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1001459833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to tell Nigerians how much was spent to sponsor the delegates attending the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 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