President Buhari to jet out of Nigeria for another trip abroad

macfranc007 December 10, 2017 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Nigerian newspapers 24/7 Akinyemi Akinrujomu

- The president is taking part in a climate change event where he will meet with France leader Macron

- President Buhari will travel with three state governors and two ministers on his team

- Presidential spokesman Adesina says President Buhari will make a presentation alongside other leaders at the event

Days after returning from the counter-terrorism summit in Aqaba, Jordan; the Presidency has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari will again jet out for another global summit in Paris, France.

According to a statement from presidential spokesman Femi Adesina on Sunday, December 10, President Buhari will depart Nigeria on Monday, December 11 for the climate change event.

The President will be accompanied by the governors of Adamawa, Kano and Ondo states as well as the foreign affairs minister Geoffrey Onyeama and environment minister Ibrahim Usman Jibril.

The event itself is scheduled to kick off a day after President Buhari's arrival and the Nigerian contingent will return to Abuja on Thursday, December 14.

Before the commencement of the event, President Buhari will join other world leaders for a meeting with French leader Emmanuel Macron.

The statement read in part: "President Muhammadu Buhari will participate alongside over 50 world leaders in the One Planet Summit in Paris, France on Tuesday, December 12, 2017.

"The summit, jointly organised by the United Nations, the World Bank Group, and the French Government in partnership with non-governmental organisations concerned about reversing the negative effects of climate change, like Bloomberg Philanthropies, holds at the eco-friendly La Seine Musicale, situated on the picturesque Seguin Island in western Paris.

"The main focus of the summit, with the theme, "Climate Change Financing," according to the organisers, will be to innovatively pool public and private finance "to support and accelerate our common efforts to fight climate change."

"While recognising that all countries are affected by the effects of climate change under “One Planet” but some are more vulnerable, the summit seeks for tangible collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

It added: "President Buhari and other world leaders and participants will make presentations under four sub-themes namely: Scaling-up Finance for Climate Action; Greening Finance for Sustainable Business; Accelerating Local and Regional Climate Action; and Strengthening Policies for Ecological and Inclusive Transition.

"It would be recalled that while signing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2016, President Buhari had said it "demonstrated Nigeria's commitment to global efforts to reverse the effects of the negative trend."

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"He followed that significant step by signing the Instrument of Ratification of the Paris Agreement on March 28, 2017 at the State House, Abuja, making Nigeria the 146th party to the Paris Treaty. It became binding on the country effective June 15, 2017, one month after the submission of the Ratification instrument to the United Nations on May 16, 2017 by Nigeria's Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande.

"The participation of Nigeria's delegation at the One Planet Summit will reinforce the country's commitment to realising the objectives of the Paris Agreement."

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported earlier that President Buhari reiterated his promise that he belongs to everybody and belongs to nobody.

This was contained in a post by the president on his Facebook page on Friday, December 8.

The president expressed delight over the reception he received in Kano. He said he met with religious leaders in the state on how to tackle corruption and insurgency.

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