Landlord threatens to eject Nigerian Embassy in Hungary over rent

Minister of International Affairs, Godfrey Onyeama, has revealed that the owner of the property the place the Nigerian Embassy in Hungary is situated, is threatening to evict them.

Onyeama made this disclosure whereas defending the ministry’s 2021 funds on the Home of Representatives in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Minister additionally claimed the ministry wants N1.6billion to maneuver ambassadors and pay officers N3.7billion.

“Simply on Monday, the ambassador in Hungary referred to as to say they’re going to throw them out from the chancery constructing. That the owner is coming and that they don’t have the cash to pay,” NAN quoted him to have mentioned.

“And we get that from quite a lot of missions the world over and that’s not a sustainable manner of working international service.

“Then this trade charge differential with the CBN is admittedly one thing we have to tackle as soon as and for all.

“It’s not really easy, all of these items are computed in naira and all of the funds overseas are in {dollars} and as soon as the trade charge is modified, it by no means goes the opposite manner, it all the time goes up, it by no means comes down vis-a-vis the greenback. This implies speedy shortfall for all our missions.”