Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has ordered the immediate suspension of foreign travels by top officials for the rest of the year unless there is a direct emergency to be authorised by him.
The Governor urged them to engage in application of virtual meetings for attendance and participation at international business and investment events.
In a release by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Monday, Adeleke disclosed that the suspension is necessary to avoid excessive spending on recurrent and overheads.
He also called for personal sacrifice on the part of cabinet members, positing that cabinet members and all members of the administration must demonstrate readiness to sacrifice in the face of the state’s harsh financial situation.
According to him, “we must sustain the momentum of our service delivery by avoiding excessive spending on recurrent and overheads.
“Foreign trips for top officials for the rest of the year is hereby suspended unless there is a direct emergency to be authorized by the Governor.
“Our needs from office to accommodation are much but our resources are limited. So we have to devise a coping mechanism pending the time our funding situation will improve”, he affirmed.
