Determined to reduce the cost of governance, the Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has banned all his political aides from embarking on trips outside the state.
He said the only condition that such trips would be authorised was if the financial burden would not be borne by the state government.
While speaking with Arewa PUNCH in an exclusive chat on Friday in Yola, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor Humawashi Wounosikou, disclosed that since the fuel subsidy was removed, the governor had banned all political appointees from travelling outside the state on the bill of the state.
Wounosikou said, “His Excellency saw the economic crisis ahead after the removal of the fuel subsidy and took a proactive action to protect the state treasury.
All these projects you see going in the entire three senatorial districts wouldn’t have been possible, but for the prudence of the governor in the management of the state resources, he is now achieving a lot with little money.”
“To prove to the world that the governor is careful in his spending of the state funds, he travels outside the country for official assignments alone, his aides including his ADC don’t go with him,” Wounosikou revealed.
Querying no one in particular, he further asked, “Who can do that in this country?”
The CPS, who was to later disclose that some states have over 1000 aides, maintained that the Adamawa governor has a small number of aides.
However, PUNCH reports that the governor only recently appointed 25 commissioners, 57 heads of boards and commissioners, with 182 special assistants.
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