BREAKING: Tinubu Slashes Travel Convoy Expenditure For Self, First Lady, Shettima Others By 60%

President Bola Tinubu has implemented a 60% reduction in travel expenditure for government officials within his administration.

VerseNews reports that the presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The directive, part of cost-cutting measures, applies to the President, Vice President, First Lady, Ministers, and agency heads.

The President is limited to 20 staff on foreign trips, ministers are restricted to four, and heads of agencies to two.

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.”

Tinubu also announced a reduction in the size of security delegations during state visits, emphasizing reliance on local security.

The move aims to streamline government spending and promote fiscal responsibility.

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.