FG finally reveals number of delegates sponsored to Dubai for climate summit

President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has disclosed the number of delegates it sponsored to the climate change summit going on in Dubai.

In a statement by the Ministry of Information, seen by Legit.ng, the government noted that the overall delegates on its train to the Arab country included those sponsored by the government (Federal and State Governments) and others were not government-sponsored, which included (Private Companies, NGOs, CSOs, Media, academia, etc).

According to the statement, the Federal Government-funded delegation is made up of a total of 422 persons, as follows:

1. National Council on Climate Change = 32

2. Federal Ministry of Environment = 34

3. All Ministries = 167

4. Presidency = 67

5. Office of the Vice President = 9

6. National Assembly = 40

7. Federal Parastatals/Agencies = 73

Many Nigerians have criticised the government for the large number of delegation on President Bola Tinubu's train to the ongoing Climate Summit in Dubai, otherwise called COP28.

The opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the spokesperson of the Labour Party presidential campaign council, Yunusa Tanko, have earlier called on the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government to publish the names of the delegate sponsored for the summit.