President Bola Tinubu has ordered a reduction in the number of vehicles in the convoy of Ministers and heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Heads of the various military and paramilitary services.
The directive was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
According to the statement: “The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President.”
The Eagle Online recalls that in January, President Tinubu took significant steps to reduce government expenditure by reducing his entourage on foreign trips from 50 officials to 20.
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 on Thursday, President Tinubu also ordered all ministers 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.
Onanuga said: “No additional security personnel will be assigned, he ordered.”
The President also instructed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, 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,” the statement added.