The federal government of Nigeria yesterday announced that it has closed four foreign missions.
The minister of foreign affairs, Geofrey Onyeama, who revealed this to newsmen declared that the diplomatic missions in Sri-lanka, Serbia, Ukraine and Czech Republic were shut down with immediate effect.
He went on to tell anxious newsmen that the actions of the federal government was due to the lack of funds to continue overseeing these missions.
Before this closure, Nigeria had 119 foreign missions abroad.