Unpaid allowances: Nigerian diplomats stranded in Cuba

Nigerian diplomats in Cuba are stranded, over inability of the Federal Government to remit their allowances.
A source told Daily Sun that the Foreign Service officers have been reduced to beggars in Cuba and that they haven’t been paid for over nine months.

“They don’t have access to medical facilities. If their children are sick, they will die. They have no access to educational facility and can’t even pay their rent. Feeding is becoming a problem. There is no access to water, electricity, medical facility; children withdrawn from schools,” the source added.

Giving insight into the genesis of the diplomats’ plight, the source said it started as a result of the inability of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to remit their allowances, over the America-Cuba imbroglio.

The Sun, October 27, 2017

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