SAN FRANCISCO, November 25, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has directed all Director Generals (DGs); Executive Secretaries; Managing Directors (MDs) as well as heads of all government agencies in the country travel on economic class tickets both on the local and international routes.
The new directive, according to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachair Lawal, followed the dwindling financial fortunes of the government and supersedes an earlier one in July 2016 where the officers were permitted to fly business class on local and international routes.
“It has become necessary to review the guidelines for local and international travels with a view to further prune recurrent expenses on travels and tour,” Lawal wrote in a memo.
“Government has decided that all civil servants and public servants in the rank of Directors and below in the Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as Chief Executive Officers (Managing Directors, Executive Secretaries, Director Generals, etc) of Federal Government parastatals, agencies and institutions are henceforth to travel on economy class for both local and international travels.
“Similarly, all non-executive chairmen and members of federal government boards of parastatals are henceforth to travel by economy class.
“I am to request for immediate compliance with the foregoing decision of the government until otherwise reviewed. For the avoidance of doubt, it should be noted that government will monitor the implementation of thus directive and any breach will be appropriately sanctioned.”
Story by Oputah David
