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.<\/p>\n
According to the presidential spokesman, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, \u201cNo additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.\u201d <\/p>\n
The president also directed all ministers, ministers of state, and heads of agencies to have not more than five security personnel attached to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe security team will comprise four police officers and one Department of State Services (DSS) officer.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo additional security personnel will be assigned,\u201d Onanuga said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes,\u201d Onanuga said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
He similarly reduced entourage of Vice President Kashim Shettima to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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