Gambian President Bans Govt Officials Including Himself From Foreign Trips

Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has suspended all foreign travel by officials, including himself, to reduce public spending, a government spokesman disclosed Saturday.

The President signed an executive order “suspending all overseas travels by the president, the vice-president, cabinet ministers, senior government officials, civil servants and employees across all government institutions and agencies,” for the rest of the fiscal year, presidential spokesman Ebrima Sankareh stated in a statement issued.

Meetings where Gambian participation is compulsory and foreign trips entirely financed by external sources will be an exemption.