President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 12 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.
The Head of Service of the Federation, HoSF, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, made this known on Tuesday, in a statement by her Director, Communications Office, Olawunmi Ogunmosunle.
According to the statement, the swearing-in and deployment of the new permanent secretaries will be announced in due course.
The newly appointed PS and their states are Akinlade Oluwatoyin, Kogi; Alkali Bashir Nura, Kano; Anyanwutaku Adaora lfeoma, Anambra; Ardo Babayo Kumo, Gombe; Belgore Shuaib Mohammad Lomido, Kwara; and Ekpa Anthonia Akpabio, Cross River.
Others are Hussaini Babangida, Jigawa; Mahmuda Mamman, Yobe; Meribole Emmanuel Chukwuemeka, Abia; Mohammed Aliyu Ganda, Sokoto; Tarfa Yerima Peter Adamawa; and Udoh Moniloja Omokunmi, Oyo.
The statement noted that the 12 new appointees were part of the 41 federal directors shortlisted for oral interview penultimate Monday in Abuja to fill the 16 vacant federal permanent secretary positions.