In a bid to cut down on the cost of governance President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has restricted ministers, and heads of departments and agencies to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys.
According to the presidential spokesman, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.”
The president also directed all ministers, ministers of state, and heads of agencies to have not more than 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,” Onanuga said in a statement on Thursday.
The President instructed the National Security Adviser (NSA), 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,” Onanuga said.
Recall that in January, the President reduced his entourage on foreign trips from 50 to 20 officials. For local trips, he reduced it to 25 officials.
He similarly reduced entourage of Vice President Kashim Shettima to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.