Mohammed Shosanya
President Bola Tinubu has restricted members of his cabinet and heads of government parastatals to only three vehicles in their convoys.
The directive was conveyed in a statement circulated by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Thursday.
The statement noted that Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government are restricted to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys.
He said no additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.
According to the presidential spokesman, Onanuga,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, 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,” the presidency stated.
