Last year, Kenyan President William Ruto was accused of globetrotting on the people’s backs, with expenditures rising by 113 per cent from the previous fiscal year, according to reports. And, now, Nigeria’s new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has come under fire for exceeding a whole year’s travel budget in just six months. This comes as Nigeria’s coffers run short. In January’s news wrap, we asked Professor PLO Lumumba about the exorbitant use of resources. The Pan-Africanist scholar had much to say.