FG bans foreign trips for public officials

According to Mohammed Manga, assistant director (media relations) who released a statement on behalf of head of the civil service of the federation, the announcement is a cost-saving measure following the recent development in the international oil market that has affected the revenue stream of government. 

A circular conveying the message, titled ‘Restrictions on Foreign Trainings and International Travels by Public Servants,’ was issued from the office of the head of the civil service of the federation to all ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government. “Government has embarked on a number of measures to help manage the situation,” Danladi Kifasi, head of the civil service of the federation, said. “One of such measures is an embargo on foreign trainings and international travels by public servants in all ministries, departments and agencies, including all parastatals, beginning from January 2015.”

The circular further stated that no ministry, extra-ministerial office, department, agency or parastatals shall send staff outside Nigeria for training at government expense, whether or not that agency draws funds from the federal government budget or meets its financial needs from revenue generated by itself.