Nigeria Calls For Sustainable Funding, Stronger UN Resident Coordinator System
Nigeria has called for adequate, predictable and sustainable funding for the United Nations Resident Coordinator System, stressing the need for stronger financial support to enhance development coordination and accelerate the achievement of sustainable development goals across member states.
The call was made in Nigeria’s National Statement on Agenda Item 138, titled “Proposed Programme Budget for 2027: Resident Coordinator System,” delivered by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Olumuyiwa Enitan Abel, at the 10th plenary of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary Committee) of the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States.
Nigeria noted that strengthening the Resident Coordinator System remains a shared responsibility in promoting multilateralism and improving the effectiveness of the United Nations development system.
It maintained that a well-resourced and strengthened system is essential to ensuring coordinated development assistance that reflects the priorities, needs and aspirations of individual countries.
The country further emphasised that adequate and predictable financing would enable the system to maintain its core coordination capacities, retain institutional expertise and empower Resident Coordinators to effectively carry out their responsibilities.
Highlighting the system’s significance to Africa, Nigeria disclosed that 53 of the 132 Resident Coordinator Offices worldwide are located on the continent, representing approximately 40 per cent of its global geographical presence.
It explained that the extensive presence of the system in Africa underscores its critical role in helping countries implement their national development priorities, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Nigeria also urged countries in the Global North to honour their development assistance commitments, calling on major donor nations to sustain and substantially increase their core contributions to the UN
