Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has slashed his travel expenditure and that of other government officials by 60 per cent.
This was announced on Tuesday by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to him, the decision was part of cost-cutting measures of the Presidency.
He said that the decision will affect the office of the President, Vice President, First Lady, Ministers and heads of agencies.
He said, “Tinubu has directed that all state entourages be drastically reduced. This is not a request. It is a directive. The office of the president and staff will be affected. VP, appointees are affected.
“By this directive, there will be a slashing of expenditure on official travel by 60 per cent.”
He said consequently the President is limited to 20 number of staff outside the country.
He also said every minister is limited to having just four members of staff on any foreign trip while heads of agencies are limited to just two.
Ngelale said Tinubu has also said that he will no longer travel with huge security delegations to any state in the country.
The presidential spokesman also added that if the president travels to any state, the security in the state will take care of his security and the same applies to the vice president and other top government officials.
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na wa oh presido
continue with your leadership but abeg if u fit slash the price of pms the same way abeg do
abeg where in constitution is the office of the first lady
i need explanation for that because i have been seeing this crop up
Better,i think this is a good step,but it does not end here,please look into the inflammation rate in the country,people are dying of hunger
i love this directors by mr president but i hope this directory is followed to the core for it to work
Dey play my fans!!!world of a wish man ???? go and do great presido
Dey play my fans!!!world of a wish man ???? go and do great presido
Let’s see what can be done
The director of ur land in governing
I pray it shouldn’t end by mere words, but strict adherence.
Will dey really do his all na just mouth dey they use nonsense wahala for naija
It’s overdue for heads of states to cut down on excessive and unnecessary things. Well done and keep it up
Effective change and accountability must start somewhere. Let the process continue.
Scam have started them want chop nigeria money be that
If him like make him do wetin him wan do! All we need is a change in this country
It is all a scam, why did he employ so much people in the first place? What are they all doing for him.
Then peace will reign and let all accept it that way, and see what will happen next
It’s not to say it ooh Mr President please implement it.
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