In response to public outcry for drastic reduction in the cost of governance, President Bola Tinubu, Thursday, issued some directives to curb wastages.
He has slashed the number of vehicles in the convoys of Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government, restricting them to a maximum of three vehicles.
And no additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.
These were revealed in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayi Onanuga.
The cost-cutting measure, he said, was announced today in a statement signed by the President.
Onanuga recalled 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. 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.
In the directive issued today, Onanuga continued, 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.
All affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes.
