…To travel to France from Glasgow
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for Glasgow, Scotland to attend the 26th Conference of Parties (COP-26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC).
A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that the President is scheduled to deliver his national statement at the high-level segment for Heads of State and Government at the conference tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2.
According to the statement, “President Buhari’s address is expected to highlight Nigeria’s key priorities and action to tackle climate change as well as progress on the country’s transition to low carbon economy, consistent with achieving the Paris Climate Agreement.
“The conference, hosted by the United Kingdom, in partnership with Italy, will bring parties together to help accelerate action towards the Paris Agreement as well as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change”.
The statement further stated that in Glasgow, President Buhari will participate in some side-line events hosted by US President Joe Biden and French President, Emmanuel Macron.
President Buhari will thereafter travel to Paris, France on an official visit to reciprocate an earlier one to Nigeria by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, and also attend the Paris Peace forum 2021, the fourth edition to be hosted by the French President.
It will have Heads of State and Government and CEOs of major multinationals, as well as several civil society actors, gathering to advance concrete solutions to the enormous challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and to improve global governance in times of Covid-19.
While the President is in Paris, the Nigerian government will organise the Nigeria-Paris Forum.
President Buhari is expected to be accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of State, Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Amb. Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar.
President Buhari is expected back in the country after the engagements.
