'Cut extravagance' - Shehu Sani reacts as Tinubu slashes presidency's travel cost by 60%

Shehu Sani, a former senator from Kaduna state, has said the 60 percent slashes in foreign and local travel expenses of President Bola Tinubu, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, and other top government officials is a commendable step.

Sani, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), noted that cutting the cost of governance is "indispensable in any serious economic reform".

The former federal lawmaker called on state governors to "follow suit".

Sani tweeted on Tuesday, January 9: "The 60% slashes in foreign and local travel expenses of the President, VP and other top Government officials is a commendable step in the right direction. Cutting the cost of Governance is indispensable in any serious economic reform.

"We are beginning to remind ourselves that we are a developing country with multiple economic needs and realising the urgency to cut wastage and extravagance.

"State Governors should follow suit and plough the proceeds to basic or vital needs of their people."