President Bola Tinubu has received the United Nations’ proposed 2027 budget from Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Jimoh Ibrahim, who described the handover as a historic moment for the country.
Ibrahim presented the seven-volume document, which the UN Secretary-General submitted to member states last week.
He chairs the UN General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which oversees the organisation’s administrative and budgetary affairs.
Nigeria took up the chairmanship on September 3, the first time it has held the role in 66 years.
Ibrahim said the proposal covers a regular budget of about $3.4 billion and a peacekeeping budget of about $8.5 billion.
He put the combined figure at roughly $14 billion, or between N36 trillion and N40 trillion. He called Tinubu the “first Nigerian president in 66 years” to receive the UN budget.
The envoy stressed that the document is not an approved spending plan. He said it is a proposal submitted to member countries for detailed discussion, adjustment, and approval before any spending begins.
He declined to say what Nigeria stands to gain, saying negotiations with other committee members were still under way.
He pointed to the scale of UN spending by noting that the organisation is building a $260 million conference centre in Kenya.
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