Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, has stated the nation is receiving the proposed United Nations funds for presentation to the Nigerian president for the primary time in 66 years.
Ibrahim disclosed this on Sunday after presenting the seven-volume proposed UN funds for 2027 to President Bola Tinubu on the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He defined that the funds was introduced to Nigeria due to its membership of the United Nations and his function within the UN General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which considers budgetary issues.
According to him, the proposed funds was submitted to the Fifth Committee by the UN Secretary-General earlier than being delivered to Nigeria for presentation to the President.
Ibrahim described the presentation as a historic improvement, noting that it was the primary time in 66 years that Nigeria had undertaken such a task.
He stated: “It’s the first time in 66 years that Nigeria will share budget and amateur committee. The first time, so we don’t know when we’re going to do that again in history.”
The ambassador stated the presentation of the seven volumes to Tinubu marked an necessary second for Nigeria, including that the President had made historical past by receiving the proposed UN funds.
Ibrahim disclosed that the funds coated the organisation’s common operations and peacekeeping actions.
He put the proposed common funds at about $3.4 billion and the peacekeeping funds at roughly $8.5 billion.
He estimated the whole UN funds at about $14 billion, equal to between ₦36 trillion and ₦40 trillion.
Expressing satisfaction with the presentation, Ibrahim stated he was happy that the President had obtained all seven volumes of the proposed funds.
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