WINDHOEK – President Dr Hage Geingob has issued a directive banning public officials from all foreign business travel for a month.
In a press statement issued yesterday, Press Secretary Albertus Aochamub, said that the directive is specifically in the interest of curtailing public expenditure.
“No request for outbound travel for Ministers, Deputy Ministers and other Political Office Bearers will be considered until after the end of February 2018,” reads the statement.
The statement goes on to state that the President has lead by example on containing his own travel expenditure by only undertaking absolutely critical outbound travel and with smaller delegations since assuming office almost three years ago.
“The most recent actions have included him foregoing the use of the official Presidential jet both on the December 2017 vacation and the AU Summit underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The President has instead chosen to use scheduled commercial flights as they provide to be more cost-effective for the routes he travelled,” Aochamub concluded.
