• FG owes backlog of salaries, allowances
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Quebec-Canada
Nigerian foreign missions in Canada, Switzerland and some parts of Europe are in dire financial straits as diplomats are now stranded and broke. The financial mess is so deep that it practically forced Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Canada, Ambassador Ojo Maduekwe to relocate cap in hand, to Abuja last week. He was said to have met with President Goodluck Jonathan on the matter, who in turn reportedly directed him to meet with the Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.
Maduekwe’s last ditch effort, it was learnt, was “to avoid total closure of the High Commission in Canada.”
The meeting with the minister yielded no dice, as at last week. Top-level sources in the Canadian High Commission in Ottawa, Canada told Daily Sun that the situation was so critical that allowances and salaries of two months had not been paid. It was also gathered that apart from salary arrears, the High Commission had no funds to pay for electricity, water and telephone bills and sundry expenses.
The source added that the only solution was for long-standing staff to “use our credit cards to do what should ordinarily be done from embassy funds. Our salaries are often delayed and we are left to fend for ourselves in a foreign land.
“In fact, some of our diplomats are sometimes owed up to five weeks. To make matters worse, we dare not owe non-Nigerian staff. What we do is to source for their salary from funds generated from the visa application section while any remaining fund is used to settle some outstanding bills including electricity and telephone.” While embassy staff in Canada are able to get by, the situation in Geneva is pathetic.
The top ranking official disclosed that Nigerian Embassy staff in that country had had to deploy strategies to survive in Switzerland. Aside from non-payment of salary, staffers now beg Ghanaians to pose as prospective tenants because landlords are no longer willing to extend credit facility to Nigerians anymore.
“We have lost the chance of enjoying credit facility of any kind in Geneva because they know that as a Nigerian, you will definitely default in payment. “What Nigerian Embassy officials do is to use Ghanaians as go-between to access credit facility and rent apartments. That person is usually the front otherwise, if you present yourself as a Nigerian, you’ve failed from the outset.”
What is happening? Someone should know the main reason for this mess. What a shame!
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Hw much longer Nigerians?
i believe this is not yahoozee
Where is our faith.
No Nigerian blood both at home and in diaspora would testify that he/she isnt aware of the sufferings those displaced by the flood are going through, this isnt by their making and it could be anyone in their shoes………..Where are our so called spiritual leaders, where are the soul called men of God who we contribute our offerings to on daily basis and they use to furnish their expensive and flamboyant life styles, buy new fleet of cars, service their chains of investments and even add new aircraft to their fleet, where are all these people these displaced citizens of Nigerians look up to as serving men of God and to whom they give offerings and tithes………………..Most of this displaced citizens are well respected citizens of the country who did their best in their environments and helped in the growth of the ministry in their environs where the so called leaders take the glory and because of the unfortunate incident
that made them refugees in their own fathers land everyone is quiet on their predicament and all we read on the news on a daily basis is stories of harassment, molestations, death, starvation and what have you…………….the Government cant do this alone and that’s the simple truth that everyone knows…………….Where are those spiritual fathers who preach one thing and do the other because now is the time to practice what you preach not towards December period because crusade is near they come out to give cheap donation to catch the eyes of the masses i say to all you spiritual leaders now is time to test your faith as most of these displaced Nigerians have contributed willingly to the growth of your ministries not talking about any in particular but talking about every ministry to standup to the work of god and prove that they aint using us to do business but willing to do the will of God which is helping the needy in times of difficulties instead of lavishing the same money the masses contributed for the hand work of God in luxuries………………….i REST MY CASE
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The Evil Men Did Go After Them,Nigeria Embassy Here Is Europe Is Using Nigerians Living In Europe For Money Making And That Is Why God Is Punishing Them, Can You Image That So Called Ambassadors Here In Europe Sign An Agreement With Government In Europe Like UK, Ireland,Greece, Italy, Germany Etc. They Are Paying Them Money To Sign Paper To deport Nigerians That Seek An Asylum In Their Countries Without Looking Into Their Case In The Name Of Nigeria Is Good, I Keep On Telling People Living In Nigeria That Their Is Nothing Like ONE NIGERIA And There Will Be No Peace In Nigeria Till Mr President Call For Sovereign National Conference (SNC) Nigeria Need To Divide Whether We Like It Or Not, Nigeria Is A Failed State
The simple truth is that Nigeria is a failed state-truth is bitter. It failed not because it should; it failed because we dont belief in the Nigerian project. You dont force a bee into the hole for it wont stay. Thumps down for the amalgamators.
Can you imagine, a Ghananian is more recongnised in Canada than a Nigerian, what a pity ?, what a shame ?.
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Ojo Maduekwe reject his posting to Russia and lobbied for Canada. This is good for him! Nigerian embassies in Europe and North America are the worst embassies one can think of. They have no functioning websites and hardly attend to Nigerians here. Some Nigerians prefer spending thousands of dollars to come home and have their passports renewed than going to Ottawa. What a shame!
Ojo Maduekwe rejected his posting to Russia and lobbied for Canada. This is good for him! Nigerian embassies in Europe and North America are the worst embassies one can think of. They have no functioning websites and hardly attend to Nigerians here. Some Nigerians prefer spending thousands of dollars to come home and have their passports renewed than going to Ottawa. What a shame!
It is really devastating that our country as lost so much relevance and to crown it all , our leaders and politicians keep flouting our money when we are nowhere in the league of nations.
We need a revolution , at least,do away with these present political class .The incoming ones will be very serious.
FUCK NIG EMBASSY IN ASIA, EUROPE / NORTH AMERICAN.
THE BEST IS TO CLOSE THE EMBASSIES…THEY ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL .
I must say that we nigerians should come together in one mind and belive that we re good inspite of what bad that re said abt us.
We re blessed as nation , but let us ask ourselves “why should other courtry considered beter than us”
I don’t know why some of you here just say what you don’t know. I reside here in Canada and there is nothing like that. Canada is a free a country and everyone is equal be it citizens or permanent resident or visitors. For u saying Ghanaian are recognized here than Nigeria please don’t say what u don’t know. As long as u meet the requirements and u are legal here u can always get what you want. Please I know that are problems all over the world. They are are thousands of Canadian also who can’t feed themselves too. All we need in Nigeria as a nation is prayers and you guys should stop pointing hand to only Muslims. Those people boko are not Muslims they’re extremists that wants it to look like it’s war between Muslim and Christians. Are they not killing Muslims too. I am a Christian we should learn how to be tolerance with one another then they will be peace. Please my fellow nigerians let’s take the matter to God. Without no offense I just said my mind. GOD bless Nigeria and also protect my family back home. No matter Nigeria its our country.
The truth is that every happen to us (nigeria) is frm our hand and we know the solution to all our problem but we are looking fr selfish interest. Let so called our leaders lead us not dupping us . Finaly i will always say it that we are not one nigeriaa.
@Hassan Amadu, What is so bad about our fellow cousins Ghanaians that you think they are sub-human or what. At least they are doing something good with their country and recognised for it internationally. Can we say that about ours!