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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of nine new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service.

The appointment was announced in a statement signed by Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of the civil service of the federation.

The newly-appointed permanent secretaries and their states of origin are as follows:

Bakari Wadinga (Adamawa), MK Dikwa (Borno), Ajani Magdalene N. Olor (Delta), Umakhihe Ernest Afolabi (Edo), Mbaeri Maurice Nnamdi (Imo), and Babatunde Lawal (Lagos).

Others are Festus Yusuf Narai Daudu (Nasarawa), Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan (Osun), and Musa Hanafi Moriki (Zamfara).

Oyo-Ita said the swearing in and assignment of portfolios will be announced in due course.