Full list of 1,411 delegates President Tinubu took to the COP28 Conference in Dubai has emerged.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu traveled to the United Arab Emirates for a climate summit with over 1,400 delegates from Nigeria. By taking 1400 delegates, Nigeria has the highest number of registered delegates from Africa at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The United Nations released a list of participants from Nigeria who would be taking part in the event, which ranged from people in the president’s office to private, non-governmental groups in Lagos and other parts of the country.
According to a list published by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Nigeria is also third-highest overall in number of delegates at the conference.
Of these, at least 589 people followed the president directly to the conference, including cabinet ministers and their aides. Civil servants are also on the list, including some officials whose purviews did not cover climate policy, like an interior ministry aide in charge of personnel management.
The UAE accounted for the largest-ever registered delegation of any country, with 4,409 badges, followed by Brazil with 3,081.
Nigeria and China are joint third with 1,411 badges each.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Tinubu’s son, Seyi, who has no official designation and was recently warned by his father to stop meddling in government functions, was also at the conference on public dole.
While the list also includes the media and non-governmental organisations, it was unclear how many of them were funded by the public.
But representatives of media organisations like the NTA, NAN, VON, and Radio Nigeria, among others, are already government employees and would be funded by the taxpayers of the UAE.
The UN said Nigeria has the third-largest delegation to the event, behind only China and Brazil, which both have significant input in global climate policies than Nigeria. Nigeria’s delegation surpassed the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, according to UN disclosures.
According to the United Nations, this year’s Conference of the Parties will be held from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The List Of Registered Nigerian Participants at the COP28 Conference in Dubai Is:
Total: 1,411
State House: 138
National Council on Climate Change: 54
Federal Min of Environment: 53
National Assembly: 36
NNPC: 28
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: 21
Ministry of Environment: 16
Lagos State Govt: 14
NDDC: 13
Bank of Industry: 13
Min of Petroleum Resources: 12
Federal Capital Territory Authority: 11
NSIA: 9
Min of Environment & Climate Change: 9
Rural Electrification Agency: 9
Govt House, Kaduna: 9
Embassy of Nigeria Home-Based Office: 9
Min of Environment & Natural Resources: 8
Min of Humanitarian Affairs: 8
Ecologistics: 8
Zoetic Global: 7
NASENI: 7
NEA Engineers: 7
Nigerian Midstream & DPRA: 7
Federal Min of Transportation: 7
Federal Min of Finance: 7
Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission: 6
Min of Niger Delta Affairs: 6
SMEDAN: 6
National Population Commission: 6
Sustainable Devt Goals, Nigeria: 6
Niger State Govt: 6
North-East Devt Commission: 6
Climate Wednesday: 6
Cross river State Govt: 6
DEPOWA: 6
Federal Min of Labour & Employment: 6
Federal Min of Power: 6
African Union Devt Agency: 6
Formal Act Legacy Ltd: 6
Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project: 6
African Aviation & Aerospace University, Abuja: 6
Environmental Health Council of Nigeria: 6
Nigerian Maritime Admin & Safety Agency Vivacity: 5
Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Program: 5
Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas: 5
Oando Clean Energy: 5
Nigeria Labour Congress: 5
African Finance Corporation: 5
InfraCorp: 5
Federal Min of Environ ACReSAL: 5
Borno State Govt: 5
Gas Aggregation Company Nigeria, Ltd: 5
FCCPC: 5
Office of the SSG: 4
National Agency for the Great Green Wall: 4
Presidency: 4
Natural Eco Capital Ltd: 4
Min of Budget & Econ Planning: 4
Sahara Group: 4
Zamfara State Govt: 4.
