Following Backlash, FG Says ‘Only 422’ Nigerian Delegates Were Sponsored To COP28 Summit 

Nigeria’s Presidency on Monday officially cleared the air on the reported large number of officials attending the on-going Climate Summit in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates saying the federal government only funded the trip of 422 delegates drawn from ministries, agencies and the National Assembly.l

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement entitled: “RE: NIGERIA AT COP-28”, disclosed that the Federal Government-funded delegation to COP-28 summit is made up of a total of 422 persons.