President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved the appointment of five new permanent secretaries into the civil service.
This followed the recent successful conduct of the selection process of permanent secretaries.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan disclosed this in a statement through Mr AbdulGaniyu Aminu, Director Press and Public Relation, in Abuja.
According to the statement, the new permanent secretaries are Mr. Adebiyi Olufunso, (Ekiti State), Mrs. Maryann Onwudiwe (Enugu State), Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim, (Katsina State), Mr. Ogunbiyi Olaniyi, (Lagos State) and Mr. Ibrahim Kana (Nasarawa State).
“The date of swearing-in and deployment of the appointees will be announced in due course,” the statement added.