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No more jamborees as Buhari cuts down on travelling aides
President Muhammadu Buhari as part of efforts to reduce cost of governance has reportedly directed that the number of aides and journalists that accompany him on foreign trips be reduced to the barest minimum.
According to sources, the directive sent to the relevant agencies, noted that henceforth only two journalists would accompany the president on any trip outside the country as against four that previously obtained.
The directive also called for the number of aides of the president that would embarked on trips outside the country with the president to be reduced, the source stated.
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Don Lucassi
June 23, 2015 at 10:49 am
The cost of governance reduction exercise that has been going on recently is really exciting me and I hopeful for the future of Nigeria, at least just on this grounds.
Oise
June 23, 2015 at 11:59 am
I like these small steps PMB is taking to shape things up. They are more practical, believable and doable than ambitious and probably misguided projects like welfare scheme for poorest Nigerians. Kudos Baba! May God give you wisdom to navigate the tricky waters of Naija politics and governance, and to deal with those who may want to fall your hand.