Governor of Jigawa state, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, expressed that governors must think the way that help to reduce costs in governance.
Badaru disclosed that in an interview with Channels Television’s today Monday 17-01-2022, and he said his colleagues most take a serious steps to minimise unnecessary spending in their respective domains.
Badaru said “All the governors try to look inwards on their spendings. You don’t see governors going in a convoy of 30, 40 vehicles. You see us mostly now with three or four vehicles,”
He added that “Most of the governors have dropped unnecessary expenditure to reduce the cost of governance. That is the first step to reduce the cost of governance.”
Rather than borrowing money for spending, he explained that state governors are prioritising employment in the education, health sectors.