Buhari to sign Paris Agreement on Climate Change at UN General Assembly



President Muhammadu Buhari would, during his participation in the 71st UN General Assembly, sign the Paris Treaty on Climate, Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, said at a news conference in New York.



This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman for the Nigerian Mission to the UN, Mr Akinremi Bolaji, and released in Abuja on Saturday. 195 countries adopted the first-ever universal, legally-binding global climate deal at the Paris climate conference (COP21) in December, 2015.

The agreement sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. The agreement is due to enter into force in 2020. The statement quoted the minister as saying that some of the world leaders, including President Barrack Obama of America and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, had already signed the Treaty. Onyeama said that top on Nigerian UN agenda during the General Assembly was to engage African Union and other countries to work towards the reform of the United Nations. He said that the leaders would also be engaged to be more democratic and responsive to the needs of the world. “ In addition to the wave of change, Nigeria will like to propose to the UN body to create an agency dedicated for the youth,” Onyeama said.

The minister assured the international community that Nigeria would support a new UN Secretary-General that would be development and Africa-friendly as well as sympathetic to the course of Nigeria. On investment, power and insecurity in Nigeria, he said that the Federal Government had established various security mechanisms to create attractive investment environment for would-be investors. “With the fall in oil price, Nigeria is looking into diversification of its economy towards agriculture and solid minerals. “It is expected that there will be a lot of investment opportunity for foreign investors during the US-Africa Business Forum, scheduled to take place next week in New York.

“Nigeria has been invited as one of the focal countries whose economies search light is beamed on,” he said. He also said that Nigeria would host a high level side event on Climate Change, to showcase its efforts in the Ogoni clean-up. This event, according to him, will come up after the president has signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. The minister also addressed issues of poverty, migration, human rights, terrorism and security and on challenges in retrieving Abacha’s loot and other Nigeria’s assets stashed abroad.
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  1. A person whose house is on fire and he is pursuing rat.
    This is this is the tragedy of leadership in Africa and many developing nation. When Baba took over and started with actions and policies that will destroy the economy,knowledgeable people raised alarm and Baba's Cohorts and incompetent selfish and ignorant members of cabinet told Baba not to mind them because they are wailing wailers. Now most Nigerians are wailing wailers Kwo? And the same clique is telling all Nigerian to be patient and that change starts with them. It is sad.
    Most terrible leaders in history achieved that statues because they failed to see or hear the the sufferings of the people they 'lead' because they surrounded themselves with selfish ignorant incompetent clannish wicked sadists who will always tell the 'leader' not to mind the people because they were making noise. In Nigeria they will say that they are wailing wailers. Hahahahahahaha! Today everybody in Nigeria is a wailing wailers except the few political cohorts of Baba.
    APseeee! Werepe change! APseeee! Kworshiokor change!
    APseeee ! Change dole! Sai Baba for 2024. Hehehehehe! This change sweet me well well.

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    1. Tell the idiots the truth, ur a Nigerian without sentiments. God bless u.

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  2. But I don't just understand these people's mentality. Hunger is ravaging our land and our presido jetted out to go and sign an agreement on climate change. Hm. Wetin come concern hungry people with climate change? Unless if the climate change is the one they promised us during campain period. But wait o, the one they promised no be climate na, that one na the one wey go make dollar equal to Naira, fuel go be #45, #5k to all our unemployed graduates, make I no say unemployed youthes, light every where like Ghana,just this few make I no bite my tongue. Pls make some body teach me on this kin climate change before I begin to convulse abeg.

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