President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday officially swore in eight Federal Permanent Secretaries and administered the oath to 21 Federal Commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC).
Henzodaily reports that the oath of office was administered to the eight permanent secretaries just before the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, held at the State House in Abuja.
This event followed introductory comments made by the Director of Media and Publicity at the State House, Abiodun Oladunjoye.
The newly appointed permanent secretaries include:
Onwusoro Ihemelandu – Abia State
Ndiomu Philip – Bayelsa State
Anuma Nlia – Ebonyi State
Ogbodo Nnam – Enugu State
Usman Aminu – Kebbi State
Oyekunle Nwakuso – Rivers State
Nadungu Gagare – Kaduna State
Kalba Usman – Gombe State.
Henzodaily recalls that in August of the previous year, Tinubu appointed 21 federal commissioners to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, pending Senate confirmation.
The new commissioners include:
Linda Oti – Abia State
Akpan Effiong – Akwa Ibom
Enefe Ekene – Anambra
Prof. Steve Ugba – Benue
Chief Eyonsa – Cross River
Aruviere Egharhevwe – Delta
Nduka Awuregu – Ebonyi
Victor Eboigbe – Edo
Wumi Ogunlola – Ekiti
Ozo Obodougo – Enugu
Kabir Mashi – Katsina
Adamu Fanda – Kano
Dr. Kunle Wright – Lagos
Aliyu Abdulkadir – Nasarawa
Bako Shetima – Niger
Samuel Durojaye – Ogun
Nathaniel Adejutelegan – Ondo
Saad Ibrahim – Plateau
Modu-Aji Juluri – Yobe
Bello Garba – Zamfara and
Mohammed Usman from Gombe State.
The sworn-in include Kayode Oladele, Commissioner of the Federal Character Commission, and Victoria Iyatan, a member of the National Population Commission.
Henzodaily understands that the council members also sat silent to pay tribute to Lt. Gen Jeremiah Useni, a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, who died on January 23, 2025.
The Council is reconvening following a six-week break.
On Monday, December 16, 2024, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, declared that the Federal Executive Council would observe a recess from December 18, 2024, until January 6, 2025.
“The second thing I need to mention here is that the Federal Executive Council will be on recess from the 18th of this month until the 6th of January, meaning that there won’t be any Federal Executive Council meeting during that period,” Idris said.