The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Godfrey Onyeama, said on Tuesday Nigeria was considering leaving some international organizations over the paucity of funds.
Onyeama, who disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives for the defense of the ministry’s 2021 budget, said the ministry was faced with the challenge of meeting its contribution to the organizations.
He said: “We are owing a lot and in the Federal Executive Council (FEC), there is a process to rationalize and cut down on the international organizations we belong to.
“This is because we are just owing monies left and right and it is not even good for the image of the country.”
The minister, who decried the poor funding of the ministry, reeled out the challenges facing the 2021 budget implementation.
According to him, one of the challenges the ministry is facing is the movement of officers, ambassadors, and their families.
He added that N1.6 billion is required for the movement of ambassadors while officers would require N3.7 billion, bringing the total sum needed for the movement of personnel in the country’s foreign missions abroad to N5.3 billion.
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