What is she doing there - Outrage as Toke Makinwa makes list of Tinubu's delegation to Dubai

 

The inclusion of media personality Toke Makinwa in President Bola Tinubu's delegation to the COP28 climate change summit in the United Arab Emirates has sparked varied responses. Seyi Tinubu and IBD Dende are also part of the delegation for the summit, eliciting mixed reactions.

@scad_official posted "I'm indifferent about Toke Makinwa attending the COP28. But seriously, why send over 1,400 delegates to a conference in Dubai when they could just stream it live in Eagle Square, Abuja using a projector, or even join virtually at home? Cutting costs isn't rocket science."

@kunmydrey wrote "Toke Makinwa is attending Climate Change event… Can Toke give us the data on how her business has been employing Sustainability practices in their dealings? Do they have data on their Carbon footprint? How is a climate change event a High level party? Also, Nigeria wants to rollout ELECTRIC BUSES? That’s a Joke i guess. More like Airplanes would be manufactured in Nigeria in 2023."

@ilynem posted "This is why Nigerian celebrities will never speak up against Nigerian government. The status quo favours them and who wants to take food out of their mouth? Imagine Peter Obi carrying Toke Makinwa to Dubai to fle

However Ms Makinwa has reacted to the backlash. Taking to her X account, she wrote

‘’When world leaders, Royalty, Climate change advocates and industry game changers gather to meet in Dubai  to discuss how to save the planet, #Cop28

May your name be what the whole country decides to trend. (Amen).

See you all at Cop30 in Rio

Signed,

Item number 7.

#Cop28Dubai''

 

In another post on X, Toke wrote;

‘’Hi Twitter, by the way it’s been a minute. At this point, I think my ass also needs its own account. Off to dinner in Dubai. ‘’