Buhari Approves Reassigning 9 Permanent Secretaries

Buhari Approves Reassigning 9 Permanent Secretaries

Nine Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service have had their deployments and re-deployments approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a circular released on Friday in Abuja, Mr. Mohammed Ahmed, Deputy Director of Communications, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), made this information public.

The impacted Permanent Secretaries, according to Ahmed, are as follows:

Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, and Nebeolisa Anako were all transferred from the Ministry of Power to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Ministry of Aviation, and Ministry of Police Affairs, respectively.

Others include Mr. Aliyu Shehu from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Women Affairs, Dr. Adaora Anyanwutaku from the Ministry of Information and Culture to the Police Service Commission, and Mr. Udo Ekanem (new appointment) to the Service Policies and Strategies Office in the office of HOCSF.

The other two are Mr. Faruk Yabo (new appointment) to the Special Duties Office, which is part of the HOCSF, and Mrs. Jafiya Shehu (new appointment) to the Ministry of Information and Culture.

“Accordingly, the handing over and taking over processes should be completed on or before Friday, Aug. 26 except for the Federal Ministry of Finance (Budget and National Planning Arm), which should be carried out as stipulated above,” he said.