Reasons have emerged for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu restricting orders on Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to maintain a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday in Abuja.
He said, “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.”
According to Special Adviser, the move is part of the Federal Government’s effort to cut the cost of governance. This is in view of the prevailing economic realities in the country.
Recall that in January, 2024, President Tinubu had called for the reduction in government’s expenditure. He directed that to reduce government expenditure, entourage on foreign trips should reduce from 50 to 20 officials; and 25 for local trips.
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The President similarly reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.
Meanwhile, in the directive issued on Thursday, 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, NSA, 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. Thereby underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes,” the statement added.
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