Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has approved the appointment of 21 new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service.

Head of Civil Service of the federation announced this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.

The new permanent secretaries include 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 are Folayan Olaniyi (Ekiti), Osuji Marcellinus (Imo), Mu’azu Abdulkadir (Kaduna), Sulaiman Lawal (Kano), Abdullahi Mashi (Katsina State), Adebiyi Adekunle (Lagos), Ibrahim Wen (Nasarawa), Odewale Olajide (Ogun) and Adesola Olusade (Ondo).

Also included are Adekunle Adeyemi(Oyo state), Nabasu Bako (Plateau), Ekaro Chukwumuebobo, (Rivers), Umar Bello, (Sokoto) and Aduda Tanimu from the federal capital territory (FCT).

The statement added that their portfolios would be announced soon.

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