Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has departed Abuja for the United States.
Thelagostimes gathered that the VP departed the country early Wednesday to “seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently launched Energy Transition Plan”.
His Media Spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said Prof. Osinbajo is leading Nigeria’s Energy Transition Implementation Working Group (ETWG) on the US mission, with meetings starting from tomorrow, 1st of September, to promote the plan and secure global support from the US government, the private sector, and other development partners.
The ETWG, which is chaired by the VP, comprises relevant ministers and other top government officials.
Thelagostimes recalls that Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan, officially launched last week at a global virtual event, is a homegrown, data-backed and multi-pronged strategy developed for the attainment of 2060 net-zero emissions commitment in 5 critical sectors — Power, Cooking, Oil & Gas, Transport & Industry.
At the launch, the World Bank and a renewable energy organisation, Sun Africa, pledged a sum of $1.5 billion each totalling an initial $3 billion investment to support the implementation of Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan.
While in the United States, Prof. Osinbajo will meet US Vice President, Kamala Harris; US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm; Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, and President of World Bank Group, David Malpass, among others.
The Vice President is also scheduled to speak on Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan at the Centre for Global Development in Washington DC.
Osinbajo’s delegation to the US include Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs (Dr) Zainab Ahmed; Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Babatunde Fashola; Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu; Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General/CEO for Sustainable Energy for All, Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi.
Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr Uzoma Emenike, will also join the delegation.