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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Mahdi Shehu has criticised President Bola Tinubu over reports that the Presidency spent more than N34 billion on foreign travel within two years, describing it as \u201cheartless governance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shehu made the comments in a post shared on X on Monday while reacting to a report which claimed that the presidency spent not less than N34.39 billion on foreign exchange purchases for international trips and related official duties over a 24-month period.<\/p>\n

Shehu said the development showed a lack of concern for the suffering Nigerians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is heartlessness in governance,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

He also described the spending as governance terrorism, democratic robbery, and political banditry.<\/p>\n

He added that it amounted to economic sabotage and was immoral and indecent.<\/p>\n

According to him, the situation reflects a deliberate misuse of public resources, explaining what he called infinite local and foreign missteps.<\/p>\n

Shehu went further to describe the spending as a crime against humanity and a deliberate resource obliteration.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven angels in heaven will put a continuous curse on this recklessness. Nigerians are sufficiently afflicted,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Mahdi Shehu has criticised President Bola Tinubu over reports that the Presidency spent more than N34 billion on foreign travel within two years, describing it as \u201cheartless governance.\u201d Shehu made the comments in a post shared on X on Monday while reacting to a report which claimed that the presidency spent not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":193351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-193353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nMahdi Shehu Laments Tinubu's N34bn Foreign Trips - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mahdi Shehu has criticised President Bola Tinubu over reports that the Presidency spent more than N34 billion on foreign ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mahdi Shehu Laments Tinubu's N34bn Foreign Trips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mahdi Shehu has criticised President Bola Tinubu over reports that the Presidency spent more than N34 billion on foreign ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T10:18:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T12:01:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770120037.785661.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mahdi Shehu Laments Tinubu’s N34bn Foreign Trips\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T10:18:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-03T12:01:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770120037.785661.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mahdi-shehu-laments-tinubus-n34bn-foreign-trips\",\"name\":\"Mahdi Shehu Laments Tinubu's N34bn Foreign Trips - 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