Ministers and Head of Agencies of the Federal Government have been directed by President Bola Tinubu to reduce vehicles in their convoys to a maximum of three only.
This was disclosed in a statement released by the presidential spokesperson, Bayo Ononuga, who added that no additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement according to the President
In his words;
“The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President.
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.’m
Onanuga added that President Tinubu has also reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.
“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 has 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. This is even as all affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately.
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