President Goodluck Jonathan Being Welcomed By the Brazilian Protocol Officers on his Arrival at
the Rio International Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Rio+20 summit on  Tuesday  with them
in blue is Nigerian ambassador to brazil, Mr. Vincent Okoedion
Criticisms have continued to trail President Jonathan Goodluck's foreign trip to attend a United Nations’ Earth Summit, RIO+20 in Brazil. The latest attack came from the opposition party, Action Congress of Nigeria (A C N) which described the president’s trip as insensitivity to the bombings of churches and general insecurity in the country.
The party stated this in a statement that: “In other climes, the usual thing is for leaders to cancel foreign trips or rush home from such trips when their countries suffer tragedies.
“In April 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao cut short his Latin American tour and returned home after a strong earthquake hit the west of China; this year, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir returned home early from his visit to China, due to the rising tension along the border of his country with Sudan, and even a phone-hacking scandal was enough for British Prime Minister David Cameron to cut short an African trade tour and return.
“He should realise that he is attending the conference because he is the President of Nigeria, not because he is Dr. Jonathan. Therefore, Nigeria’s paramount interest dictates that he stays at home and oversees efforts to prevent the precarious situation in Kaduna from degenerating into an all-out religious war.
“Again, we are constrained to ask whether this President is getting quality advice from the myriad of
aides surrounding him"
The president’s spokesman Dr Rueben Abati had earlier said  in a press statement that “the President will use the opportunity of the Summit to declare open the Nigerian/Brazil RIO+20 Business Forum, and also hold talks with selected Brazilian businessmen and captains of industry.