President Bola Tinubu has slashed all official domestic and international travel expenses by 60 per cent.

The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, made this known on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja.

The slash, he said, was a cost cutting measure by the Presidency.

Affected by the measure are the offices of the President, Vice President, First Lady, Wife of the Vice President and all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

His words: “President Bola Tinubu has approved that anywhere he travels within this country he will no longer accept or allow huge security delegations to be following him from Abuja, which attracts massive bills with respect to estacode and duty allowances from now on.

“He has approved a massive cost-cutting exercise that will cut across the entire Federal Government of Nigeria and the Offices of the President himself, the Vice President and the Office of the First Lady. It will be conducted in the following fashion.

“On international trips, the president has directed that no more than 20 individuals be allowed to travel with him. That number will be cut down to five in the case of the First Lady. Additionally, the number in the entourage on official international trips for the Vice President will be cut to five. The number that will be placed as a limit on the wife of the Vice President is also five.

“In terms of local trips, the President has approved a new limit of 25 members of staff to accompany him on domestic trips. within the country.”

He added: “By this directive, every minister will be limited to having not more than four members of staff going with them to any event anywhere in the world. In the case of CEOs of agencies, they will be limited to two staff going with them to anywhere in the world.”