Buhari Extends Tenure Of Olusegun Adekunle, Six Others As Perm Secs

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, extended the tenure of Olusegun Adekunle as the Permanent Secretary in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, for a period of one year.

President Buhari also approved the extension of tenure of six other retiring permanent secretaries in different ministries for the same duration.

The other permanent secretaries whose tenures were extended by the president are: Georgina Ehuriah (Ministry of Interior), Ifeoma I. Anagbogu  (Federal Ministry of Women Affairs), Grace Gekpe  (Federal Ministry of Information & Culture), Umar M. Bello (Federal Ministry of Agriculture & RuralDevelopment), Suleiman Mustapha Lawal (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Comfort C. Ekaro  (Federal Ministry of Water Resources).

The tenure extension was announced in a statement by Willie Bassey, the Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

The statement also announced Buhari’s appointment of Folashade Yemi-Esan, who is the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, as the acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

Yemi-Esan replaces Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita who assumed the position in 2015.

Bassey said in the statement that President Buhari directed the new acting head of service to “commence the process for the selection of new Permanent Secretaries to replace all retiring Permanent Secretaries.”

He said Buhari’s decision to extend the tenure of the permanent secretaries “is premised on the need to ensure that the new Ministers are properly guided, briefed about their sectors and to ensure that a solid foundation is laid for the delivery on the Presidential Mandate which they jointly signed.

“The Permanent Secretaries will also help the Ministers to manage the process for the preparation of the 2020 Budget in line with the commitment of Government to return to the January-December budget circle and help develop various policies and programmes aimed at lifting 100million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years,” he said.