President Bola Tinubu has approved the slashing of official entourage on local and international travels by sixty percent as part of cost-cutting measures
This was revealed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, saying the directive applied to the Offices of the President, Vice President, First Lady, Wife of the Vice President and all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
According to Ngelale, the President has directed that no more than twenty individuals be allowed to travel with him internationally, cutting the number down to five for the First Lady.
He said, “President Bola Tinubu has approved that anywhere he travels within this country he will no longer accept or allow huge security delegations to be following him from Abuja, which attracts massive bills with respect to estacode and duty allowances from now on.”
“He has approved a massive cost-cutting exercise that will cut across the entire Federal Government of Nigeria and the Offices of the President himself, the Vice President and the Office of the First Lady. It will be conducted in the following fashion.”
Also, the number in the entourage on official international trips for the Vice President will be cut to five, which also applies to the wife of the Vice President.
In terms of local trips, the President has approved a new limit of twenty-five members of staff to accompany him on domestic trips, while reducing the Vice President’s to fifteen.
Ngelale noted that the Offices of the First Lady and the Wife of the Vice President is now limited to ten staff members on official trips within the country.
The presidential spokesman also said ministers are now limited to four persons for foreign trips while heads of agencies can only travel with two persons.
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