Tinubu directs ministers, heads of agencies to reduce vehicles in convoys
Onanuga said the directive was part of the measures by Tinubu to cut the cost of governance.
President Bola Tinubu has directed ministers, ministers of state, and heads of agencies of the federal government to reduce the number of vehicles in their official convoys to three.
In a statement on Thursday, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said “no additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement”.
Onanuga said the directive was part of the measures by Tinubu to cut the cost of governance.
“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,” the statement reads.
“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.”
Onanuga added that 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.
“All affected officials are expected to comply with these new measures immediately, underscoring the urgency and seriousness of these changes,” he said.
