Tinubu Slashes Travel Expenses Of Officials By 60%, Reduce Security Details

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cut the travel budget for himself and every government employee in his administration by 60%.

Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesman, informed State House Correspondents of this on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, according to Naija News.

Ngelale claimed that the decision was a part of the Presidency’s cost-cutting efforts and would impact the offices of the President, Vice President, First Lady, Ministers, and Heads of Agencies.

According to him, the cut essentially means that the President can only have 20 employees working abroad.

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.”

Ngelale 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.

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He 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