 Vice President Yamio Shibajo says the plan to defund gas projects in the run-up to the global net zero emissions target will be unhelpful to developing countries such as Nigeria. This is coming as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNCC spent $32.558 billion on the security and maintenance of parts of its 5,120 kilometers of pipelines throughout the country in the first eight months of this year. Data from the national oil company has shown. Oshibajo spoke on defunding of gas projects in his presentations at a high-level UN event on the energy transition plan in Africa with a special focus on Nigeria ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26 summit in London. The Vice President's first meeting was a closed-door session with COP26 President-designate Mr Alok Sharma, a Cabinet-ranked British minister and the chair of the UK Government COP26 Energy Transition Council, EDC, at White House.