Landlord threatening to eject Nigerian embassy in Hungary over rent – Onyeama

The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the landlord of the building housing the Nigerian consul in Hungary is threatening to evict the embassy.

Onyeama made this known while defending the ministry’s 2021 budget at the house of representatives in Abuja on Tuesday.

The minister identified one of the challenges the ministry is facing as the movement and relocation of officers, ambassadors and their families.

He explained that the ministry needs N1.6 billion to move ambassadors and pay officers N3.7 billion, making a total of N5.3 billion.

“Just on Monday, the ambassador in Hungary called to say they are going to throw them out from the chancery building. That the landlord is coming and that they do not have the money to pay,” NAN quoted him to have said.

“And we get that from a lot of missions across the world and that is not a sustainable way of running foreign service.

“Then this exchange rate differential with the CBN is really something we need to address once and for all.

“It is not so easy, all of these things are computed in naira and all the payments abroad are in dollars and once the exchange rate is changed, it never goes the other way, it always goes up, it never comes down vis-a-vis the dollar. This means immediate shortfall for all our missions.”

The minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has said the landlord of the building housing the Nigerian consul in Hungary is threatening to evict the embassy.

Onyeama made this known while defending the ministry’s 2021 budget at the house of representatives in Abuja on Tuesday.

The minister identified one of the challenges the ministry is facing as the movement and relocation of officers, ambassadors and their families.

He explained that the ministry needs N1.6 billion to move ambassadors and pay officers N3.7 billion, making a total of N5.3 billion.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?adsid=ChEIgJyE_QUQn7j3spCn-Ny2ARJIAFq9_7pnuY5FAhkp5v2FsY520o371QmTXZgqYoS2oWDqVo1RfUOkRubDVBtuZJhLRth4nNQWSuIYBEhtewAxaqdnRkq8ozKs&jar=2020-11-04-06&client=ca-pub-7962960050083631&format=740×320&w=740&h=320&iu=5535566392&adk=1960670401&output=html&bc=7&pv=1&wgl=1&asnt=0-38431453971259342957&dff=Roboto%2C%20sans-serif&prev_fmts=728×90%2C300x600%2C740x320&prev_slotnames=8915434084%2C7306076704%2C5535566392&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C600&ifi=4&pfx=0&adf=3143764208&nhd=0&adx=155&ady=1496&oid=2&is_amp=5&amp_v=2010132225003&d_imp=1&c=5715006678&ga_cid=amp-xazpCjkwBRdBH5z7Qut15Q&ga_hid=6678&dt=1604472997881&biw=1366&bih=600&u_aw=1366&u_ah=728&u_cd=24&u_w=1366&u_h=768&u_tz=60&u_his=9&vis=1&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.correctng.com%2Flandlord-threatening-to-eject-nigerian-embassy-in-hungary-over-rent-onyeama%2F&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.correctng.com%2F&bdt=186&dtd=377&__amp_source_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.correctng.com

“Just on Monday, the ambassador in Hungary called to say they are going to throw them out from the chancery building. That the landlord is coming and that they do not have the money to pay,” NAN quoted him to have said.

“And we get that from a lot of missions across the world and that is not a sustainable way of running foreign service.

“Then this exchange rate differential with the CBN is really something we need to address once and for all.

“It is not so easy, all of these things are computed in naira and all the payments abroad are in dollars and once the exchange rate is changed, it never goes the other way, it always goes up, it never comes down vis-a-vis the dollar. This means immediate shortfall for all our missions.”https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?adsid=ChEIgJyE_QUQn7j3spCn-Ny2ARJIAFq9_7pnuY5FAhkp5v2FsY520o371QmTXZgqYoS2oWDqVo1RfUOkRubDVBtuZJhLRth4nNQWSuIYBEhtewAxaqdnRkq8ozKs&jar=2020-11-04-06&client=ca-pub-7962960050083631&format=730×320&w=730&h=320&iu=5535566392&adk=2391213620&output=html&bc=7&pv=1&wgl=1&asnt=0-36122908992981038518&dff=Roboto%2C%20sans-serif&prev_fmts=728×90%2C300x600%2C740x320%2C740x320&prev_slotnames=8915434084%2C7306076704%2C5535566392%2C5535566392&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1366%2C0%2C1366%2C728%2C1366%2C600&ifi=5&pfx=0&adf=1916684226&nhd=0&adx=160&ady=2205&oid=2&is_amp=5&amp_v=2010132225003&d_imp=1&c=5715006678&ga_cid=amp-xazpCjkwBRdBH5z7Qut15Q&ga_hid=6678&dt=1604472997882&biw=1366&bih=600&u_aw=1366&u_ah=728&u_cd=24&u_w=1366&u_h=768&u_tz=60&u_his=9&vis=1&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.correctng.com%2Flandlord-threatening-to-eject-nigerian-embassy-in-hungary-over-rent-onyeama%2F&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.correctng.com%2F&bdt=187&dtd=376&__amp_source_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.correctng.comREAD ALSO:  ‘A heroine of change for good governance’ – Victim of Lekki protest laid to rest in Delta (Photos)

Onyeama said the federal government is making plans to reduce the number of international organisations Nigeria belongs to because of a scarcity of funds.

“We are owing a lot, and in the federal executive council (FEC), there is a process to rationalise and cut down on the international organisations 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.

“A lot of our missions are eyesores and it is just a huge embarrassment to the country that we can have missions in such terrible conditions.