BREAKING: FG Funded Only 422 Delegates To COP28 Summit, Says 1,411 is False – Minister

The minister made this known in a statement on Monday following a controversy trailing 1,411 Nigerian registered delegates at the summit.
President Bola Tinubu had on November 29, 2023, departed Abuja for Dubai for the summit expected to end on December 12, 2023.
The government said the Nigerian delegation include government officials, representatives from the private sector, civil society, the voluntary sector, state governments, media, multilateral institutions, representatives of marginalised communities, and many others.
“It is imperative to point out that the overall Nigerian delegation to COP-28 comprises Government-sponsored (Federal and State Governments) and non-government-sponsored participants (from Private Companies, NGOs, CSOs, Media, academia, etc),” the statement partly read.
“The Federal Government-funded delegation is made up of a total of 422 persons, as follows:
“National Council on Climate Change = 32
“Federal Ministry of Environment = 34
“All Ministries = 167
“Presidency = 67
“Office of the Vice President = 9
“National Assembly = 40
“Federal Parastatals/Agencies = 73.”
‘Tinubu In Dubai For Serious Business’
The minister said Nigeria’s “active and robust participation at COP” was not “unwarranted” as the biggest economy and most populous country in Africa.
He assured Nigerians that the President and other officials on the government’s delegation were in Dubai for “serious business, not a jamboree”.