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.
This was revealed by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga on Thursday.
The ministers would have a maximum of four police officers and one DSS personnel as security detail.
The statement said, “No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement.”
The Presidency said this is part of a “cost-cutting measure” by the administration.
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.
Also, he reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.
In the new directive, Mr 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,” the statement said.
The President 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.