President Bola Tinubu has slashed by 60 percent both international and local travel expenditure of all government officials.
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday 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, “President 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. Vice President, appointees are affected.
“By this directive, there will be a slashing of expenditure on official travel by 60 percent.”
The Presidential Spokesman said the president is limited to 20 number of staff within and outside the country. The VP is limited to five aides outside the country and 15 within the country. The same applies to the office of First Lady while that of the wife of the Vice President is entitled to five international and 10 for local trips.
He also said every minister is limited to having just four members of staff on any foreign trip while Chief Executive Officers of agencies of government are limited to just two.
Ngelale added that President Tinubu has said he will no longer travel with huge security delegations to any state.
He said the directive also include that if the president travels to any state, the security in the state will take care of the president’s security and the same applies to the vice president and other government officials.