…urges them to uphold diligence, innovation, commitment.

By Attah Ede
President Ahmed Bola Tinubu on Monday swore in eight new permanent secretaries appointed into the federal civil service and 21 members of the Revenue Mobilisation And Fiscal Commission(RMAFC) as well as others.
Those sworn in as Permanent Secretaries are: Dr. Onwusoro Maduka Igenelandu (Abia), Mr. Random Philip Ebiogeh (Bayelsa), Anuma Nlia (Ebonyi State), Ogbodo Nnam (Enugu State), and Kalba Usman (Gombe State).
Others are Usman Aminu (Kebbi State), Oyekunle Nwakuso (Rivers State), and Nadungu Gagare (Kaduna State).
The RMAFC commissioners, whose appointments were confirmed by the Senate last August, include Linda Oti (Abia), Akpan Effiong (Akwa Ibom), Enefe Ekene (Anambra), Prof. Steve Ugba (Benue), Chief Eyo Nsa (Cross River), Aruviere Egharhevwe (Delta), Nduka Awuregu (Ebonyi), Victor Eboigbe (Edo), Wumi Ogunlola (Ekiti), Ozo Obodougo (Enugu), and Kabir Mashi (Katsina).
Others are Adamu Fanda (Kano), Dr. Kunle Wright (Lagos), Aliyu Abdulkadir (Nasarawa), Bako Shetima (Niger), Nathaniel Adejutelegan (Ondo), Saad Ibrahim (Plateau), Modu-Aji Juluri (Yobe), Bello Garba (Zamfara), and Mohammed Usman (Gombe)
Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Hon. Kayode Oladele, was sworn in as a member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), representing Ogun State, while Mrs. Olukemi Victoria Iyantan (Ondo), was also sworn in as commissioner National Population Commission (NPC).
President Tinubu performed the swearing in during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa Abuja.
President Tinubu urged the newly sworn in permanent secretaries and commissioners to uphold diligence, innovation, and commitment in the discharge of their duties, emphasizing the importance of their roles in advancing the administration’s governance and development agenda.
The FEC meeting started shortly after the President swore-in eight new appointees.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, the National Security Adviser, NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the Chief of Staff to the President, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabianila, Didi Esther Walson-Jack, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, as well as Ministers.
It’s expected that some of the ministries, departments and agencies would make presentation at the FEC.
Just before the FEC commenced, members of the Council observed a minute of silence in honour of former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Jeremiah Useni, who passed away on January 23, 2025 and this is the first FEC meeting since the beginning of 2025.