Cost Cutting : Tinubu Restricts Vehicles In Ministers’, Heads of Agencies’ Official Convoy To Just 3

Cost-cutting Measure : President Tinubu restricts Ministers, Heads of Agencies official convoy to just 3 vehicles.

He also ordered all Ministers and Heads of Agencies to have at most five security personnel attached to them.

Tinubu had earlier in the year reduced his entourage on foreign trips from 50 to 20 officials and 25 officials for local trips.

To cut government expenditure, President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys.

The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President. The new directive was made known in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

“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. No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.

The President 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.

“All affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes.”

In the directive issued today, Tinubu also 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.

Tinubu had earlier in the year (January) reduced his entourage on foreign trips from 50 to 20 officials and 25 officials for local trips, while the Vice President’s entourage was reduced to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.

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