President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of five new Permanent Secretaries into the civil service of the federation following the recent conduct of a selection process.
The five were among 47 candidates cleared in May to sit for written examination to fill vacant positions of permanent secretary in the federal civil service on 31, May 2021.
This approval was disclosed in a statement issued from the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, on Friday.
Signed by AbdulGaniyu Aminu, Director Press and Public Relation, in the office, the statement gave the names of the new appointees as Adebiyi Olusesan Olufunso (Ekiti), Onwudiwe Maryann Ngozi (Enugu), Yusuf Ibrahim Idris (Katsina), Ogunbiyi Marcus Olaniyi (Lagos), Ibrahim Abubakar Kana (Nasarawa).
It informed that they would be sworn into office at a later date.