President Buhari Approves New Guidelines For Appointment Of Permanent Secretaries

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Posted by Shollay March 24, 2020

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the new guidelines for the appointment of new permanent secretaries to fill the existing vacancies in 16 states of the federation.

In a statement signed by Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, Director of Information, office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), on Tuesday in Abuja, the affected states are Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra and Cross River.

Ogunmosunle said President has also given approval for the commencement of the process for the selection of eligible Directors to fill various vacancies.

According to her, officers from the under listed states in the mainstream of the Federal Civil Service, who attained the substantive rank of director, on Salary Grade level 17 on or before Jan. 1, 201 8, will also participate in the exercise.

She added that they are eligible to participate if they are not retiring from the service earlier than, or on Dec. 31, 2021, and who had updated their records on the IPPIS Verification Portal.The states are Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra, Cross River, Kaduna, Kano, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Jigawa, Zamfara and Kogi States.