Nigeria: WHO Faces Over $500 Million Salary Gap, Cuts Recruitment to Save Costs

Nigeria: WHO Faces Over $500 Million Salary Gap, Cuts Recruitment to Save Costs

The WHO boss noted that this is necessary to protect the organisation's financial health.

WHO faces over $500 million salary gap, cuts recruitment to save costs

The WHO boss noted that this is necessary to protect the organisation's financial health. The post WHO faces over $500 million salary gap, cuts recruitment to save costs appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

WHO faces an “existential crisis.” The organization’s director-general, Tedros A. Ghebreyesus, revealed the budget gap is $1.7 billion.

WHO Faces $500 Million Salary Gap, Announces Workforce Cuts and Budget Overhaul

GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organisation (WHO) is confronting a significant budgetary shortfall of over $500 million in its salary obligations for the upcoming two-year funding cycle, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, May 19, 2025, at the high-level opening of the 78th World Health Assembly. The assembly, the organisation’s highest decision-making body, opened in Geneva with this year’s theme, “One World for …