 President Mohamed Buhari has appealed to member states of the Gulf of Guinea Commission, DTC, to remit their outstanding annual assessed contributions to the Secretariat. The President made the appeal during a virtual meeting of the heads of state and government of member states of the Commission. He reiterated that the continued non-payment by majority has greatly affected the ability of the Commission to fulfill the mandate for which it was established in 2001. The meeting was convened to review the progress and efforts to deal with maritime challenges in the region. President Buhari, who is completing his tenure as the Chair of the Commission, said the inability of member states to pay the assessment was threatening the continued existence of the Commission. Nigeria has continued to deploy significant resources towards tackling piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. Through the Diff Blue project in June 2021, the government of Nigeria unveiled 195 million United States dollars worth of boats, vehicles and aircraft to sit ahead of the country's fight against piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which is therefore imperative that the Gulf of Guinea Commission adopts a collaborative strategy to engage partners and donors in creating awareness on the objectives of the organization with a view to sanitizing.