The federal government has inaugurated a 13-man presidential committee to review the number of the country’s diplomatic Missions worldwide and their level of chronic indebtedness. The committee is headed by a retired Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Martin Uhomoibi.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha inaugurated the committee yesterday, in Abuja. He said government set up the committee because many of their challenges were inflicting a dent on the nation’s integrity.
“Therefore, the establishment and deliberate composition of this Presidential Committee will enable Mr. President tackle the root cause of the critical state of affairs of our Diplomatic Missions in particular and its impact on the image of Nigeria on the international arena in general,”
Mustapha said. The timeline of the committee is three- month and its terms of reference are to: determine the current number, categories of Nigeria’s diplomatic missions; subject matter desks worldwide and categorise their strategic importance and impact worldwide and make appropriate recommendations.
I t is to also identify and categorise the revenue generation capacity of missions, causes and level of indebtedness.
