Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has banned government
officials from buying new cars till 2025.
Geingob, who announced the ban via his Twitter handle on
Thursday, said the decision was inspired by the “difficult period of COVID-19.”
He also directed a cap on monthly fuel consumption by public
office holders.
“Government will not order a new vehicle fleet for the
Executive and Public Office Bearers for the period 2020-2025,” he wrote.
“Savings of 200 million Namibia dollars (about $10.8
million) will be directed to urgent priority areas.”
Government will not order a new vehicle fleet for the Executive and Public Office Bearers for the period 2020-2025. Savings of 200 million N$ will be directed to urgent priority areas. Below is the statement issued by The Presidency to that effect: pic.twitter.com/6FLnAdf7xd— Hage G. Geingob (@hagegeingob) May 14, 2020
A statement he shared added that by “constantly directing
government offices, ministries and agencies to do more with less,” major
savings across the government system have been achieved over the past five years
since Geingob.
“Government spending has been reduced by 9%, annual travel
and subsistence allowances have been cut by 62%,” it added.
A country of 2.5 million people, Namibia’s gross domestic
product $14.52 billion as of 2018.
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