President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, August 14, approved the appointment of three new permanent secretaries for the federal capital territory administration (FCTA). Legit reports that the FCTA is a ministry that administers the Nigerian capital city and is headed by Nyesom Wike, the current FCT minister......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
As reported by The Punch, the new appointments were confirmed in a statement signed by Anthony Ogunleye, the FCTA’s director of press.
Legit gathered that the engagements were necessitated by the imminent retirement of two of the previously appointed secretaries and the creation of the youth development secretariat.
The newly appointed secretaries are Ajayi Rotimi Babatunde (south west), Okeke Joy Chinwe (south east), and Nathan Nancy Sabanti (north east).
Per Vanguard newspaper, Ogunleye added that President Tinubu also approved the formalisation of the position of the solicitor-general of the FCT administration as solicitor general/permanent secretary for the legal services secretariat.
The director disclosed that the appointees, including Abdullahi Ango, the mandate secretary of the youth development secretariat, would be inaugurated on Thursday, August 15.
Legit recalls that President Tinubu had on March 12, appointed 10 pioneer permanent secretaries for the FCTA, which authorities said is in line with the provisions of the FCT civil service commission law 2018.
Check out the list of the new permanent secretaries for the FCTA below:
- Ajayi Rotimi Babatunde
- Nathan Nancy Sabanti
- Okeke Joy Chinwe
Tinubu appoints new humanitarian affairs ministry’s heads
Earlier, Legit reported that President Tinubu appointed new heads of agencies and programmes under the federal ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management, and social development.
According to a statement by Tinubu’s spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the development was to facilitate the needed relief to Nigerians and ensure the effectiveness of humanitarian and social development programmes.
