President Bola Tinubu has 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 the President, no additional vehicles will be assigned to these officials for movement.
Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who announced the convoy reduction in a statement explained that the cost-cutting measure was approved 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 while reducing his entourage for local trips 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, 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 is expected to comprise four police officers and one Department of State Services (DSS) officer.
The president ordered that no additional security personnel will be assigned.
He further 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.
