By ISMAIL ABDULAZIZ

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.

This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday in Abuja.

The statement said the appointment followed the recently-concluded selection process by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

According to the statement, the new permanent secretaries include: Ndakayo-Aishetu Gogo, Adeoye Adeleye Ayodeji, Rimi Nura Abba and Bako Deborah Odoh.

Others are Omachi Raymond Omenka, Ahmed Dunoma Umar, Watti Tinuke and Ella Nicholas Agbo.

Tinubu tasked the new appointees,who were successful among other equally qualified candidates in the selection process, to deploy their expertise and competence in the effective execution of the Renewed Hope mandate.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the mandate is to revitalise service delivery in all Federal Ministries, Departments, and Agencies in the interest of the people of Nigeria.