After attending the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja on Tuesday evening.
His six-day visit to the Arab country came to an end at approximately 6:45 p.m. Nigerian time when he returned and landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Tinubu gave his first public speech at the Summit on Methane and Other Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases on Saturday, December 1. Tinubu did not make a national statement during the high-level portion of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai.
He spoke alongside the COP28 President, Dr. Ahmed Al-Jaber; the United States Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry, and the Chinese Envoy on Climate, Xie Zhenhua, affirming Nigeria’s commitment to end gas flaring as part of its contribution to the global push to reduce methane emissions.
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A day earlier, Friday, Tinubu and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, witnessed the signing of a performance agreement to expedite the implementation of the 12,000 megawatts Presidential Power Initiative to improve electricity supply in Nigeria.
Additionally, he spoke in a session on African green industrialization hosted by the COP28 Presidency and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, stressing the importance of risk management in the continent’s move toward cleaner energy.
In a separate high-level discussion with investors and stakeholders regarding the Nigeria Carbon Market and Electric Buses Rollout Program, President Tinubu declared that the country’s deployment of a fleet of 100 electric buses represents a major step towards a sustainable and environmentally friendly future.
Dubai marks President Tinubu’s eleventh overseas trip since taking office almost half a year ago.
He has so far traveled to Berlin, Germany; Nairobi, Kenya; Porto Norvo, Benin Republic; New Delhi, India; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; New York, United States of America; London, United Kingdom; Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; and so on.
