ADSW<\/a>, coming after the recent global climate summit in Brazil, provided a crucial window to \u201cconcretise\u201d agreements reached at the Conference of Parties (COP), preventing them from ending as mere declarations.\n<\/p>\n\u201cEvents like this allow countries to extract tangible projects, commitments and funding that may have been agreed at COP,\u201d the minister said, noting that Nigeria is focused on improving project preparation to unlock financing opportunities from participating governments and institutions.<\/p>\n
According to him, Nigeria\u2019s participation builds on engagements from last year\u2019s edition, where partnerships were initiated.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are taking this further,\u201d Tuggar said, revealing that President Tinubu was scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with the President of UAE, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.\n<\/p>\n
A major outcome expected from the bilateral meeting, he said, is the signing of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which would provide stronger protection for investments from both countries. <\/p>\n
\u201cInvestors from UAE have indicated that they want the agreement signed to ensure their investments are protected. On the Nigerian side, it also safeguards Nigerians who are doing business here; many even own factories, and it dignifies Nigerians wherever they invest or visit,\u201d Tuggar stated.\n<\/p>\n
The minister outlined priority sectors under discussion, including gas development to power electricity generation, trade and manufacturing.
He said Nigeria \u201cis expanding gas pipelines, conducting licensing rounds for acreage and encouraging further investment in exploration and production\u201d to address power supply challenges.<\/p>\n
On the President\u2019s expected address, Tuggar said Tinubu would focus on Nigeria\u2019s climate deliverables, nationally-determined contributions (NDCs), and the need to package projects as bankable to access global climate funds.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are funds available globally, but you must convince funders that projects are viable,\u201d he said, adding that Nigeria would also articulate its broader position in global climate and sustainability discourse, stressing solutions that are both impactful and sustainable.\n<\/p>\n
IN a statement shared on X, Obi questioned Tinubu\u2019s whereabouts, noting that the President spent 196 days abroad in 2025 \u2014 more time outside than within \u2014 while the country faces \u201cextreme\u201d poverty.\n<\/p>\n
The former Anambra State governor said Nigerians had received no direct word from Tinubu since December 2025, with neither a New Year address nor a national broadcast to provide reassurance during a period marked by anxiety and uncertainty.\n<\/p>\n
He described the pattern as \u201cleadership by absence\u201d, insisting that true governance requires physical presence, direct media briefings and clarity, not remote management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2022Nigeria targeting bankable climate projects, UAE investments, says Tuggar Nigeria is leveraging the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[12685,2800,122,1481,12686],"class_list":{"0":"post-20350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-adsw","9":"tag-bola-tinubu","10":"tag-nigeria","11":"tag-peter-obi","12":"tag-yusuf-tuggar"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}