President Buhari swears in Ngige’s wife, 8 others as perm secs

 

Dr (Mrs.) Evelyn Ngige, wife of Minister of Labour, Dr Chris Ngige, was one of the nine new Permanent Secretaries sworn-in Wednesday by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, recently announced that President Buhari had approved the appointment of the Permanent Secretaries.

The swearing-in took place just before the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa.

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The other newly sworn-in Permanent Secretaries were: Engr. Hassan Musa from Borno; Aliyu Ahmed from Niger; Olusola Idowu from Ogun.

Those representing regional quotas were: David Adejoh from Kogi representing the North-Central; Umar Idris Tijani from Bauchi, representing North-East; Dr Sanni Gwarzo from Kano representing the North-West; Engr. Nebolisa Anako from Anambra representing the South-East; Temitope Faseun from Ondo representing the South-West and Dr Evelyn Ngige from Delta state representing the South-South.