Tinubu
President Tinubu gives directives on reduction of cost of governance
President Bola Tinubu has embarked on reduction of cost of governance, issuing new directives in this regard.
The statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on Thursday, October 24, 2024, outlined these directives.
Specifically, the President gave directives to reduce the number of official vehicles and security details to the Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and other head of agencies.
According to the statement,“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.
“The cost-cutting measure was announced today in a statement signed by the President.”
President 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.”
Indeed, 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 said.
He similarly reduced the Vice President’s entourage to five officials on foreign trips and 15 for local trips.