The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the appointment of 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday in Abuja by the Director of Communications in the office, Mr Haruna Imrana.
Those appointed are Ehuria Ekeoma (Abia), Akpan Sunday (Akwa Ibom), Anagbogu Nkiruka (Anambra), Walson-Jack Esther (Bayelsa), Gekpe Isu (Cross River), Aliboh Lawrence (Delta) and Uwaifo Clement (Edo).
Others include Folayan Olaniyi (Ekiti), Osuji Marcellinus (Imo), Mu’azu Abdulkadir (Kaduna), Sulaiman Lawal (Kano), Abdullahi Mashi (Katsina), Adebiyi Adekunle (Lagos) and Ibrahim Wen (Nasarawa).
Other permanent secretaries are Odewale Olajide (Ogun), Adesola Olusade (Ondo), Adekunle Adeyemi (Oyo), Nabasu Bako (Plateau), Ekaro Chukwumuebobo (Rivers), Umar Bello (Sokoto) and Aduda Tanimu from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The statement, made available to Channels Television, further said that their portfolios would be announced in due course.