According
to The Cable, President Muhammadu Buhari has banned ministers and all top
government officials from flying first class while embarking on officials
trips.
Festus
Akanbi, media adviser to Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, disclosed this in a
statement
issued on
Wednesday. Akanbi said the decision was taken in a bid to reduce the amount
being spent on overheard expenditure.
The
statement said permanent secretaries, chairmen of federal government
committees, chairmen and chief executives of parastatals and agencies are to
travel on business class.
Akanbi
said the directive had been captured in a circular on review of overhead
expenses released by
the office
of the secretary to the government of the federation. He said the development
was one of the recommendations made by the efficiency unit which was set up by
Adeosun in order to reduce overhead
expenses.
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