The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama (left), said the closure of the embassies is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari's agenda [Green Reporters]
The Nigerian government has shut down three of its embassies abroad and downsized another one due to insufficient funds.
While speaking during a press conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said operations have been shut down in Sri Lanka, Czech Republic and the Republic of Serbia while the embassy in Ukraine has been drastically downsized.
He said the ministry has been unable to maintain the embassies due to insufficient funds, thereby enforcing the shutdowns because they're left in terrible states unbefitting of the nation's status.
While defending the budget estimate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in April, the ministry's Permanent Secretary, Mustapha Suleiman, said only 30 embassies can be funded with the capital votes earmarked in the budget.
Since he was inaugurated in 2015, President Buhari has been vocal about reducing Nigeria's total of 119 foreign missions.
In September 2015, he announced that a committee would undertake a review of Nigerian foreign missions to determine those that are really essential so that appropriate standards and quality can be maintained.
The Nigerian government has shut down three of its embassies abroad and downsized another one due to insufficient funds.
While speaking during a press conference on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said operations have been shut down in Sri Lanka, Czech Republic and the Republic of Serbia while the embassy in Ukraine has been drastically downsized.
He said the ministry has been unable to maintain the embassies due to insufficient funds, thereby enforcing the shutdowns because they're left in terrible states unbefitting of the nation's status.
While defending the budget estimate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs in April, the ministry's Permanent Secretary, Mustapha Suleiman, said only 30 embassies can be funded with the capital votes earmarked in the budget.
Since he was inaugurated in 2015, President Buhari has been vocal about reducing Nigeria's total of 119 foreign missions.
In September 2015, he announced that a committee would undertake a review of Nigerian foreign missions to determine those that are really essential so that appropriate standards and quality can be maintained.
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It is well with Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteDamn!...its getting worse by the month!
DeleteWhich status does Nigeria have, sad sad sad.
Deletethey should sell the country and wire the money to our accounts
ReplyDeleteGbam your head is there
DeleteLOL..abeg make una leave me o ..but all these obscure countries our embassy should be shut cos its a waste
DeleteWho will even buy her?
Deletenawa
ReplyDeleteHmmm, òrò pesi jè!
ReplyDeleteOro di hunnn!
DeleteNigeria my country.
ReplyDeleteInsufficient fund but the salary is sufficient enough.
Yet 150million would be spent on inauguration.
ReplyDeleteAnd 100 billion to settle the Fulani's/Miyetti Allah. It is well.
DeleteDon't mind the cows.. But our problem in Nigeria is the likes of Naira Marley not all this big big billions government is stealing.
DeleteHmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteMennn this country is just something else.
ReplyDeleteIt's keeps getting worse under this man? Why is this man bent on driving Nigeria into oblivion???
ReplyDeleteWhy???ðŸ˜
Why was there even embassies in these countries, are they trading partners, is Nigeria a hot spot for tourism, are there a great number of immigrants from Nigeria in those countries? Ridiculous
ReplyDeleteThe question is what value do those embassies add to the Nigerians living in those countries. They should shut them abeg
ReplyDeleteGod show my country mercy
ReplyDeleteGood move. The embassies in Ukraine serve for Serbia and Czech while the one in India or Pakistan can serve Sri Lanka. Cut the waste
ReplyDeleteLets just sell this country and continue with our life jare
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