The Nigerian Government says the country’s economy stands to grow by almost N5 billion saved from travel discounts.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!This was the major focus at a workshop organised for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) on Flight Discounts with Dana Airlines Limited.
Speaking at the event, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun who was represented by an Officer from the Ministry, Lara Shuaibu said the Workshop is to sensitize the MDAs on moderating the Federal Government’s Expenditure on Travels.
According to the minister, the initiative will equip Protocols and Administrative Officers of the MDAs with details of how to access the 50% Travel Discount offered by the Airline on its local and regional routes.
”From Discounts on Air Travels alone, we expect to have saved N5 billion per annum when the legal documentation of the discounts offered by other airlines are concluded.”
She urged all MDAs to support and avail themselves of the financial reform initiatives, which according to her is in the collective interest of all Nigerians.
Also present at the Workshop was the Head, Efficiency Unit, Finance Ministry and Patience Oniha.
Oniha speaking at the event advocated that Government’s resources need to be deployed to more productive investments such as infrastructure.
“The Efficiency Unit seeks to enable the government deploy more resources to capital through Value for Money and savings from the procurement process.
“The Initiatives on Travels are only some of the changes which the Efficiency Unit is introducing to help the government cut costs and generate savings and overall, improve its spending pattern.
“Our responsibilities as public servants are to support the government’s initiatives by Complying with Circulars, Regulations and Policies such as the Circulars on Travels issued by the SGF and HoS,” the Efficiency Unit Head said.