President Muhammadu Buhari is believed to have left Malta where he participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) for Paris, France Sunday evening to join about 150 other world leaders for the Conference of Parties 21 (COP21) on climate change.
The president is expected to present Nigeria’s statement at the opening session before participating in the launching of the International Solar Alliance same day, an initiative of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
The alliance, which is code-named the International Agency for Solar Policy and Application (InSPA), comprised all African nations located within the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn.
On Tuesday, the President would also participate in the summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin Republic which would dwell on Boko Haram and other issues on security just as he would also attend another event of the African Union, AU, tilted “Conference on Climate Change and African Solutions”.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed and the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd.) would accompany President Buhari to the meetings.The conference would elapse on December 11
