{"id":159790,"date":"2025-04-17T22:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/crazy-elon-musk-reacts-as-doge-deactivates-470000-unneeded-unused-credit-cards-in-us"},"modified":"2025-04-22T21:53:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:53:17","slug":"crazy-elon-musk-reacts-as-doge-deactivates-470000-unneeded-unused-credit-cards-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/crazy-elon-musk-reacts-as-doge-deactivates-470000-unneeded-unused-credit-cards-in-us","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Crazy\u2019 \u2013 Elon Musk reacts as DOGE deactivates 470,000 unneeded, unused credit cards in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>American billionaire, Elon Musk has reacted to the Department of Government Efficiency\u2019s announcement that it has successfully deactivated 470,000 unused and unneeded credit cards in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, DOGE disclosed in an updated statement released on its X account, that the audit of unneeded or unused credits has been expanded to 30 agencies in the US to control waste and fraud.<\/p>\n<p>The agency also stressed that when it started an audit of unused credit cards, there were 4.6 million, noting that more work needed to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe programme to audit unused\/unneeded credit cards has been expanded to 30 agencies. After 7 weeks, 470k cards have been deactivated,\u201d DOGE tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Musk, who currently leads DOGE, labelled the development as \u2018crazy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>According to him, more credit cards are issued and active than the total number of government employees in the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwice as many credit cards are issued and are more active than the total number of government employees! Crazy,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>DOGE, with the mandate of US President Donald Trump in the last past few weeks, carried out a probe across federal agencies to reduce waste and fraud in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In March, DOGE stated that it has saved US $115 billion through different cuts, including the US Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. American billionaire, Elon Musk has reacted to the Department of Government Efficiency\u2019s announcement that it has successfully deactivated 470,000 unused and unneeded credit cards in the United States. 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