The estacodes and airfares of ministers, heads of agencies, directors, and other federal government-sponsored delegates from Nigeria to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, gulped over N2.78billion, findings by Daily Trust on Sunday have shown.
The conference was held from November 30 to December 12, 2023.
Nigeria had a 1,114-member delegation to the conference, but the Presidency clarified that only 422 officials were sponsored by the federal government.
According to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the per diem of a minister, a chief executive of an agency, and a permanent secretary, costs $900 per night.
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Directors of ministries, agencies, and parastatals of government also take $500 per night as per diem.
A breakdown of the list of delegates showed that among those sponsored by the government were 27 ministers.
This implies that each of them must have taken about N900,000 per night at the current exchange rate, which fluctuates between N1,000 and N1,100 per dollar.
