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“To save Nigeria, we must all be prepared to make sacrifices. On the part of government, we are taking several measures aimed at cutting the size and cost of governance.”
He said this year the basic salaries of all politicians in the executive arm of government would be reduced by 25 percent. This does not include members of parliament, whose salaries make up a large portion of government spending.
Jonathan said all overseas travel by politicians would be reduced to the bare minimum and the size of delegations on foreign trips would be cut. He also said overlapping committees and departments would be looked at to reduce costs.
Jonathan’s critics say he is guilty of wasting money on committees and dozens of special advisers.
He is also under fire for failing to rein in almost daily attacks by an Islamist sect in the northeast of Nigeria.
Many Christians have begun to flee northern Nigeria after dozens were killed in a series of religious attacks in recent days.
