Tinubu Cuts Travel Delegations
Nigerians react as major cuts have been made to travel delegations for all important travels within and outside the country by the Federal Government, under the direction of President Bola Tinubu.
This was revealed by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday during a press briefing at the State House in Abuja.
According to him, the instruction represents a 60% reduction in all MDAs, including the president’s, vice president’s, and first lady’s offices.
Furthermore, all federation ministers are subject to the following restrictions when approving any foreign travel: only four employees, appointees, and similar individuals may accompany a minister on an official trip.
The special adviser said, “For heads of agency that will be limited to two members of staff allowed to travel on an official trip.”
“The President has now approved for official travel that no more than 20 individuals be allowed to travel with him.”
If the first lady is involved, that number will be reduced to five. Furthermore, the vice president’s wife will only be allowed to accompany her husband on official foreign visits with a maximum of five people in her entourage.
“In terms of local trips, a new limit of 25 members of staff are to accompany him on domestic trips within the country.”
“Similarly, President Tinubu limited the number of those to accompany the first lady on official trips within the country. to 10 staff members.”
Ngelale revealed that: “The vice president will be limited to 15 members of staff on official trips within the country, while his wife will be limited to 10 members of staff on officials within the country, the same as the first lady.
“It is pertinent to note that there is a difference between the number of members of staff allowed to travel with the presiding officials on international trips and those that are allowed for domestic. You will find that the numbers on international trips are less than those allowed on domestic trips.
“This is because international trips are far more expensive across the board and the President is determined to bring total sanity and prudence to the management of the commonwealth of our people.
“As a result of this, the president has directed that every federal MDA also including the office of the president itself and the Office of the Vice President as well as the offices of the first and second ladies are affected and bound by this directive of the president.
“Henceforth, the president is insistent that the notion of government wastage, the notion of recurrent expenditure being in excess, the notion that government officials will be allowed to conduct their affairs in a way that is different from what we are asking of Nigerian citizens concerning prudence and cost management, those days are over.”
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