Ahead of today’s swearing in of the minister designates,
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, November 10, approved the appointment
of 18 new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. A large number of the appointees were recruited from the
private sector signaling a departure from the past when directors in the civil
service were promoted to the post of permanent secretaries.
Key among the appointments includes Mr. Louis Edozien and
Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, two professionals with proven track records in the
private sector before venturing into the public sector. Edozien, who was deployed to the Federal Ministry of Power,
was before his appointment the Executive Director, Engineering & Technical
of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), where he was responsible for
the technical and project management of the federal government’s $8 billion
investment in the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs).
Armed with a combined Mathematics and Social Studies
Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a
Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University
in California, USA, Edozie has also variously worked as a consultant to the
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and World Bank, for MTN and United Bank for
Africa (UBA) Plc, and as an instructor at the Digital Bridge Institute, Abuja.
Isa-Dutse, on the other hand, was appointed the new perm sec
for the Federal Ministry of Finance. He brings to the table over 20 years banking experience,
having worked from UBA from which he retired as an executive director in 2002,
Savannah Bank of Nigeria Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Continental Merchant
Bank Limited and Gamji Bank Limited.
A graduate of Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,
Isa-Dutse also has a Master’s in Business Administration from the Wharton
Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania in the US and a PhD
in Business Administration from the Manchester Business School in the UK.
In addition to other non-executive appointments, Isa-Dutse
currently sits on the boards of Access Bank Plc and Northern Nigeria Flour
Mills Plc as a non-executive director.
A statement by the president’s media aide, Mr Femi Adesina,
said other new permanent secretaries are: Mrs. Ayotunde Adesugba, Mr. Taiwo
Abidogun, Dr. Bukar Hassan, Mrs. Wakama Belema Asifieka, Mr. Jalal Ahmad Arabi,
Mr. Sabiu Zakari, Mrs. Obiageli Phyllis Nwokedi and Mr. Aminu Nabegu.
Others are Mr. Bamgbose Olukunle Oladele, Mr. Alo Williams
Nwankwo, Dr. Shehu Ahmed, Mr. Ogbonnaya Innocent Kalu, Mrs. Nuratu Jimoh
Batagarawa, Mr. Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa, Mr. Bassey Apkanyung and Dr. Ugo Roy.
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