BEVERLY HILLS, November 12, (THEWILL) – President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in 16 out of 18 new permanent secretaries, saying he would them responsible for failure to provide the required leadership, control and direction in their respective ministries or establishments.
The president gave the warning in Abuja on Thursday during the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential villa.
He said his administration would not condone any excesses, incompetence, indifference or corrupt practices in the civil service.
President Buhari, therefore, advised the permanent secretaries to always guard against ”the complain of intolerable levels of incompetence, indifference or even suspected sabotage by some of the top echelon of the civil service”.
“I must, however, sound a note of warning. It is within public domain that Ministers as Chief Executives of their ministries as well as other government officials involved in policy formulation and implementation often complain of the intolerable levels of incompetence, indifference or even suspected sabotage by some of the top echelon of the Civil Service.
“Even where Permanent Secretaries, in some instances, are exempted from these accusations, they are still responsible and liable for failing to provide the required leadership, control and direction,” he said.
The President had on Wednesday administered the oath of office to 36 new federal ministers at a ceremony inside the state house.
