Nigeria’s large delegation to the ongoing climate change conference in Dubai has continued to elicit condemnation by citizens who had been asked by President Bola Tinubu to endure the rise in the price of goods and services caused by government policies.
Many Nigerians, on Saturday and Sunday, took to social media, particularly X (formerly Twitter) to vent their outrage after the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) published a provisional list of accredited delegates at the ongoing 28th meeting of the UN Conference of Parties (COP28) in Dubai.
According to the published list, Nigeria and China have 1,411 delegates each with badges accredited to attend this year‘s summit in Dubai.
A review of the published list ranked Nigeria joint-third behind the UAE and Brazil among all the countries present at COP28.
Out of the total 1,411 Nigerian delegates, 821 have the “Overflow” badges, while 590 were approved to carry the “Party” badge.
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