Just in: President Buhari returns to Abuja from Paris (photos)
President Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating at the One Planet Summit in Paris, France. The president was received by senior government officials.
- President Buhari appeals to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change
- He says the country has already ratified the Paris Agreement in May 2017
- The president states that Nigeria is not under illusion of the challenges it is facing, having just come out of recession
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after participating at the One Planet summit in Paris, France.
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The president’s aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, at about 4.35 p.m. where he was received by senior government officials including his chief of staff, Abba Kyari, and the minister of the federal capital territory, Musa Bello, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
While in Paris, President Buhari had appealed to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change.
Buhari told participants that Nigeria could not implement its nationally determined contributions without adequate financial, technical and capacity building support from developed nations.
He said Nigeria had already ratified the Paris Agreement in May 2017 but its Nationally Determined Contributions to reduce emission by 20 per cent by 2020 and 40 per cent by 2030 could not be attained alone.
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According to him, the country is not under illusion of the challenges it is facing, having just come out of recession.
The summit with the theme Climate Change Financing’, was attended by over 60 heads of state and governments, as well as representatives of non-governmental and private organisations.
Below are photos of Buhari being welcomed upon his arrival in Abuja:
President Muhammadu Buhari returns to Abuja after participating at the One Planet summit, photo credit: Femi Adesina - Facebook
Buhari appeals to the international community to support Nigeria’s commitment to reduce the negative effects of climate change, photo credit: Femi Adesina - Facebook
The president says Nigeria has already ratified the Paris Agreement in May 2017, photo credit: Femi Adesina - Facebook
Buhari states that Nigeria is not under illusion of the challenges it is facing, having just come out of recession, photo credit: Femi Adesina - Facebook
President Buhari chats with senior government officials after his return to Abuja, photo credit: Femi Adesina - Facebook
President Buhari and some senior government officials in Abuja, photo credit: Femi Adesina - Facebook
Meanwhile, Nigerian governors from the 36 states of the federation have approved the withdrawal of $1 billion from the excess crude account by the federal government.
The money is to be used in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the northeast part of the country.
Godwin Obaseki, the Edo state governor made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) which was held inside the council chamber of the presidential villa Abuja.
Obaseki revealed that the approval was announced during the 83rd NEC meeting by Governor of Zamfara state, Abdulaziz Yari, the chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF).
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Source: Naija.ng