President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Federal Permanent Secretaries to fill in existing and impending vacancies in some states and geo-political zones in the top administrative cadre of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Linko Entertainment reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement issued on Friday.
Tinubu said the new Federal Permanent Secretaries were appointed after a diligent selection process by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
The President anticipates that the new Federal Permanent Secretaries will exercise absolute dedication, diligence, and fidelity to the nation in the discharge of their functions and ensure optimum service delivery to the Nigerian people.
The permanent secretaries include the following:
(1) Dr. Emanso Umobong Okop – Akwa-Ibom
(2) Obi Emeka Vitalis – Anambra
(3) Mahmood Fatima Sugra Tabi’a – Bauchi
(4) Danjuma Mohammed Sanusi – Jigawa
(5) Olusanya Olubunmi – Ondo
(6) Dr. Keshinro Maryam Ismaila – Zamfara
(7) Akujobi Chinyere Ijeoma (South-East)
(8) Isokpunwu Christopher Osaruwanmwen (South-South)
Meanwhile, Tinubu has approved the immediate rollout of the National Construction and Household Support Programme to cover all geo-political zones in the country.
According to a statement on Thursday by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President took the decision to boost agricultural productivity, strengthen the economy by creating opportunities in the real sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and construction, as well as provide urgent economic relief for Nigerians.
He noted that the President has also approved full counterpart financing for Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Railway; to traverse Rivers, Abia, Enugu, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, Yobe and Borno, as well as for the Ibadan-Abuja segment of the Lagos-Kano Standard-Gauge Railway; which will traverse Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Kwara, Niger, Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano.
The Sokoto-Badagry road project is specially prioritized for its importance as some of the states it will traverse are strategic to the agricultural sustainability of the nation, according to the President’s spokesperson.
