The federal government has decided to stop Nigeria’s membership of 90 international organisations.
This is as a result of a backlog of $120 million in membership dues and other financial commitments.
The decision was reached at the federal executive council meeting presided over by President
Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday.
Addressing reporters at the end of the weekly meeting, Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, said the council agreed that henceforth, the country would only belong to international organisations considered to be necessary.
“Basically, Nigeria is a member of 310 international organisations and a committee was set up to review the rationale of our continued membership of such a large number of our organisations, particularly in the light of the fact that in many cases we are not actually paying our financial obligations and subscriptions which is causing some embarrassment to Nigeria and our image abroad,” she said.
“In particular, it was discussed that there are some commitments made to international organisations made by former presidents which were not cash backed. So, when our delegations turn up at those organisations, we become very embarrassed. So that was what drove the committee.
“The committee made some recommendations: That out of the 310 organisations, 220 organisations should be retained and the rest we should withdraw membership from.
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