Buhari Arrives Paris For Climate Change Summit

Buhari Arrives Paris For Climate Change Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived France to join other world leaders for the Conference of Parties 21 (COP21) on climate change in Paris, the capital of France.

The president will present Nigeria’s statement at the opening session when the conference officially opened on Monday, November 30, before participants in the launching of the International Solar Alliance, an initiative of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Buhari Arrives Paris For Climate Change Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari Arrives France

The Nigerian leader will on Tuesday, December 1, participate in the summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin Republic where issues on security challenges of the region will be discussed and also attend another event of the African Union, tagged ‘Conference on Climate Change and Africa Solutions.

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Buhari will be accompanied to the these meetings by the minister of foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, his environment counterpart, Amina Mohammed and the National Security Adviser, Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd).

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Buhari Arrives Paris For Climate Change Summit

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Buhari Arrives Paris For Climate Change Summit

Meanwhile, Oby Ezekwesili had urged Nigerians to demand accountability and performance from government and persons in all positions of authority in the country.

She stated that the inability of Africans and Nigerians to demand accountability from government officials as one of the reasons for the poor leadership witnessed in African countries.

Source: Legit.ng

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