President Bola Tinubu yesterday restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys
According to a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.
The statement, titled: President Tinubu issues new directives on reduction in cost of governance, said: The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President.
Recall that in January 2024, Tinubu issued a directive which the Presidency said was to reduce government expenditure.
The directive included reducing his entourage on foreign trips from 50 to 20 officials. For local trips, he reduced it to 25 officials. Similarly, he reduced the Vice-Presidents entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.
In yesterday’s directive, 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 officer. No additional security personnel will be assigned, he ordered, the statement read.
Tinubu also instructed the National Security Adviser (NSA) to engage with the Military, Paramilitary and Security Agencies to determine a suitable reduction in their vehicle and security personnel deployment.
The Presidency said: All affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes.
