April 26, (THEWILL) – A Civil Society Organisation, Nigerian Watch Front Group, has frowned at the purported plan of the Head of the Federal Civil Service, Folasade Yemi-Esan, to redeploy permanent secretaries in the country.
The Group, in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Abubakar Gazali Yaro, urged her to, as a matter of urgency, shield such a plan.
The statement read: “The attention of Nigerian Watch Front Group has been drawn to a purported plan by the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs Folasade Yemi-Esan, to redeploy and reshuffle Permanent Secretaries not in her pay grade at this late hour of transition.
“While we frown at such motive in totality, it is important to bring to the fore of the general public that the bane behind the Head of Service’s plan is to redeploy some hard-working permanent secretaries and replace them with her core loyalists ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new government.
“In recent times, we were aware that she promoted some of her favourite directors to the position of permanent secretaries despite the fact that they failed to pass the examination and requirements but she finds her way to mislead President Muhammadu Buhari to administer the oath of office.
“We consider this reshuffling moves an attempt to divert and shield corrupt practices in ministries, departments and agencies of Government.
“As a civil society organisation whose main aims are geared towards advocating for better service delivery to the general population of Nigeria, we are constrained to demand that the Head of Service of the Federation should drop and bury such self-motivated thought and stop frustrating the transition process through her unpatriotic moves.
“We hope that you will resist any attempts to frustrate this transition period.”
