President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to appear at the African Climate Summit’s third plenary session today, September 5, at 11 a.m.
It is unknown, however, who will represent the president at the summit, which is titled “Charting a Vision: Investment Opportunities for Green Growth.”
President Tinubu left Abuja on Tuesday morning for the G-20 Summit in India.
The Nigerian leader is anticipated to convey Nigeria’s perspective on the G20 Summit theme, “One Earth-One Family-One Future,” which refers to the global solidarity required to face the challenges confronting humanity and the planet.
Accompanying President Tinubu on the trip are the following members of his cabinet: Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy; Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy; and Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment.
However, today’s session at the African Climate Summit will begin with the presidential opening, which will be attended by hundreds of African Heads of State and Government.
Tinubu will be speaking alongside Kenyan President William Ruto, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Senegal President Macky Sall, and Togo’s youth representative, Bawoupati Batassa.
Damilola Ogunbiyi, the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Energy for All, will moderate the session.
Yesterday’s festivities at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, including the ministerial opening, which was attended by various ministers and delegations from around the world.
The event was the inaugural African Climate Change Summit, chaired by Ruto.
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, worldwide Energy Alliance for People and Planet worldwide advisor and former Vice President, stressed that pollution and gas flaring must be eliminated to ensure Nigeria’s place in the carbon market.
Osinbajo, who moderated the session on carbon markets at the summit yesterday, emphasized that Nigeria must cease gas flaring as soon as possible and effectively begin the transition to renewable energy.
He went on to say that Nigeria had started decommissioning diesel-powered generators in major open markets.
