President Bola Tinubu has prohibited representatives of the federal government from attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, if they have no defined tasks to play or if there is no documentation of direct participation.
According to a statement made by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s decision was a part of a larger initiative to lower the cost of governance in Nigeria.
Ngelale reported that President Tinubu gave the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs the order to halt the issuance of visas to any government officials wishing to attend the UNGA’s official program of events in New York.
The statement further explained, “To prevent any sharp practice in this regard, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria is accordingly guided on official visa processing while Nigeria’s Permanent Mission in New York is further directed to prevent and stop the accreditation of any government official who is not placed on the protocol lists forwarded by the approving authority.
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“By this directive of the President, all Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies are mandated to ensure that all officials, who are approved for inclusion in the UNGA delegation, strictly limit the number of aides and associated staff partaking in the event. Where excesses or anomalies in this regard are identified, they will be removed during the final verification process.
“The President wishes to affirm that, henceforth, government officials and government expenditure must reflect the prudence and sacrifice being made by well-meaning Nigerians across the nation, ” it added.
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