A former Deputy Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s cost-cutting measures, describing them as deceitful.
Frank, in a press release issued on Tuesday, described the austerity measures purportedly aimed toward lowering the price of governance as pretend and deceitful.
He recalled that Tinubu had, in January 2024, ordered a 60 per cent slash in his entourage and that of his spouse, the Vice President, and his spouse whereas on a international journey.
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He stated that whereas the President restricted his delegation on such journeys to twenty, the Vice President, First Girl, and spouse of the VP have been to go together with 5 employees solely.
Talking on the event, Frank stated whereas international locations like Rwanda and Tanzania have genuinely lowered extreme authorities spending, the reverse is the case in Nigeria, the place the President offers austerity directives on one hand and engages in lavish spending then again.
In line with him, the President and Vice President haven’t solely elevated the variety of their international journeys, however giant entourages proceed to accompany them. The identical applies to the First Girl and Ministers.
He famous: “President Tinubu’s current cost-cutting measures, together with limiting ministers to a few official autos and lowering their safety personnel, are extra superficial than substantive reforms.
“Whereas these directives could counsel a dedication to fiscal accountability, they fail to handle the underlying problems with Nigeria’s bloated paperwork and extreme governance prices.
“However that his plan to merge businesses in step with the Steve Oronsaye Report has been jettisoned, he has additionally inspired the Nationwide Meeting to approve the institution of zonal growth commissions, out of which he has assented to the North West and South East zonal intervention businesses’ payments.
“Apart from, the President retains creating ministries with a number of businesses—the newest being that of Livestock and Regional Growth.
“The President is properly conscious that proscribing ministers’ autos and safety particulars doesn’t deal with the systemic corruption that inflates authorities expenditures.
“Moreover, his administration continues to prioritize lavish spending over significant reforms, like the acquisition of a brand new presidential jet, the approval of a 300 per cent enhance within the salaries of judicial officers, the constructing of official quarters for judges being deliberate by the FCT, and the acquisition of a N5 billion presidential yacht.”
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