President Tinubu Directs Reduction in Official Vehicles, Security Officers 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that the number of security personnel attached to Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Federal government Agencies, be reduced to five.

The President also directed a reduction in the official vehicles used by the Federal government appointees to a maximum of three in a convoy.

The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said the directives are part of major cost-cutting measures in governance by the administration of President Tinubu.

He further disclosed that the President also approved that the security team attached to the public office holders comprise four police officers and one officer of the Department of State Services (DSS).

President Tinubu also instructed the National Security Adviser to engage with the Military, Paramilitary and Security Agencies to determine a suitable reduction in the vehicle and security personnel deployment to Ministers, Ministers of State and Heads of Federal government agencies.

The President further ordered that no additional security personnel will be assigned.

All affected officials are instructed to comply with the new measures immediately, following the urgency and seriousness of the changes.

It would be recalled that 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.

He similarly reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.

Dominica Nwabufo