Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has assigned portfolios to Professor Stephen Ikani Ocheni from Kogi state and Mr. Suleiman Hassan, who were sworn in as ministers a couple of weeks ago.
Ocheni is to resume as Minister of State for Labour and Employment, a position occupied by Mr. James Ocholi, who died in a motor accident while Hassan would serve as Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing.
The Acting President also swore-in 15 out of the 21 newly appointed Permanent Secretaries and posted them to different ministries. The newly sworn in Permanent Secretaries are Ehuria Georgina Ekeoma (Abia) who has been posted to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF); and Akpan Edet Sunday (Akwa Ibom), posted to the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. Akpan, according to the Acting President would, however, resume on October 1, 2017.
Others are Anagbogu Ifeoma Nkiruka ((Anambra), posted to the Ministry of Women Affairs; Walson-Jack Diiarau Didi Esther (Bayelsa), posted to the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation; Gekpe George Isu (Cross River), posted to Ministry of Information and Culture, Aliboh Leon Lawrence (Delta), posted to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning; and Uwaifo Osarenona Clement (Edo), posted to the Ministry of Health,
Others include Folayan Ayodele Olaniyi (Ekiti), posted to the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation; Abdullahi Abdulazeez Mashi (Katsina), posted to Ministry of Communications, and Adebiyi Bolaji Adekunle (Lagos), posted to the Ministry of Labour and Productivity.
The other Permanent Secretaries are Ibrahim Musa Wen (Nasarawa), posted to Ministry of Water Resources; Odewale Samson Olajide (Ogun), posted to the Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation; Adesola Olusade (Ondo), posted to Ministry of Youths and Sports; Umar Mohammed Bello (Sokoto), posted to the Office of the Secretary to the Federation; and Gabriel Tanimu (FCT), posted to the Office of the Secretary to the Federation.
The remaining of the seven permanent secretaries, appointed last week, would be sworn in when the people they were replacing finally retire from the service.
