The Presidency today said that it has outlined measures to cut down expenditure in the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Conference of Parties (COP29), taking place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan November, in line with President Bola Tinubu’s promise to cutdown cost of governance
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the presidential villa in Abuja Chief Ajuri explained that the measure would save the government about N10 billion from the 11-day event.
He said the cutting down of the official expenditure is necessary to avoid the embarrassment of COP28 which took place in Dubai last November among the measures to save funds is that government will no longer hire a pavilion which costs $5,000 while a delegation office will be set up inside the premises.
He added that some of the wasteful platforms that give rise to consultancies and subcontracts for lighting and other technology provisions will not be used as they can be provided directly by the National Council on Climate Change According to him, the cut down will be achieved through the provision and implementation of the climate accountability and transparency portal.
The Presidential Envoy said, Many Nigerians would recall that as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Dederal Government of Nigeria’s delegation to COP 28 in Dubai, UAE, last year, there were some elements of outcry concerning the size of the delegation there was deliberate misinformation, but the truth of the matter is, we also found that there were government officials who had no business at that meeting, and some with significant delegations
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