President Bola Tinubu has ordered a reduction in the number of vehicles and security aides of Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government.
This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday.
According to the statement, a maximum of three vehicles will be assigned to their official convoys.
“No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.”
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. For local trips, he reduced it to 25 officials.
He similarly reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.
However, 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.
President Tinubu 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 new measures are to take place immediately by all affected officials by underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes.
