As part of his determination to reduce cost of governance, President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys.
This was as President Tinubu also instructed the National Security Adviser to engage with the military, paramilitary and Security Agencies to determine a suitable reduction in their vehicle and security personnel deployment.
The President also said that no additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy, said that the cost-cutting measure was announced on Thursday, in a statement signed by the President.
Onanuga explained that in January this year, President Tinubu took significant steps to reduce government expenditure, by reducing his entourage on foreign trips from 50 to 20 officials and for local trips, he reduced it to 25 officials.
He said that the President similarly reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.
Onanuga further said; “In the directive issued today, President Tinubu also ordered all ministers, ministers of state, and heads of agencies to have at most five security personnel attached to them.
“The security team will comprise four police officers and one Department of State Services (DSS) officer. No additional security personnel will be assigned, he ordered.
“All affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes,” the statement said.
