Tinubu Issues New Directives to Reduce Cost of Governance

.Approves maximum of three official cars for ministers, heads of parastatals

.Okays attachment of five security personnel to each minister

.Directs NSA to engage security agencies for immediate reduction in ministers’ vehicles, security aides

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

About 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu dropped five Miniusters and appointed seven new ones as well as the redeployment of 10 other cabinet members, the President has come issued a memo restricting Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys.
The cost-cutting measure which was announced on Thursday in a statement signed by the President also indicated that no additional vehicles will be assigned to the public officials for movement.
In the directive, 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.
The President 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.
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.