Twenty-four permanent secretaries will be posted and reassigned to different Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) within the federal government, as approved by President Bola Tinubu.
Some of the current permanent secretaries are impacted by the postings and redeployments, while five permanent secretaries who were appointed in November of last year will receive new responsibilities as a result of the President's approval.
The President's action is reportedly a component in the process of resuming government operations.
Dr Evelyn Ngige was transferred from the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment to oversee the newly established Federal Ministries of Arts and Culture and Creative Economy and Tourism, according to a report that was covered by This Day.
Dr Magdalene Ajani was transferred to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from the Transportation Ministry.
Ajani will take over from Olusade Adesola, the current Permanent Secretary of FCTA, who is preparing to retire from the organisation. After Ajani returned to work in 2020, Oloruntola Olufemi, who was transferred from the OHCSF Service Policies and Strategies Office (SPSO), will take Ajani's job.
Jafiya Lydia Shehu was transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance from the Common Service Office (CSO), OHCSF.
James Sule was also redeployed from the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology to the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The Federal Ministry of Power received Yakubu Adam Kofamata from the Federal Civil Service Commission.
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment's Rimi Nura Abba and Ella Nicholas Agbo, who is moving to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, are two of the five permanent secretaries recruited last year and who were just allocated responsibilities.
Watti Tinuke succeeds Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar as the Federal Ministry of Sports and Development's Permanent Secretary.
The Federal Ministry of Youth is Ahmed Dunoma Umar's designated location while the Federal Ministry of Interior has appointed Ndayako Aishetu Gogo as its new Permanent Secretary.
The portfolios of three further new permanent secretaries, Adeoye Ayodeji, Bako Deborah Odoh, and Omachi Omenka, have not yet been given.
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