Evelyn Ngige, the wife of the minister of labour, was one of the nine new Permanent Secretaries sworn-in on Wednesday, December 18, 2019, by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Folasade Yemi-Esan, the acting head of the civil service of the federation, recently announced that President Buhari had approved the appointment of the Permanent Secretaries.
The swearing-in ceremony, which took place just before the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, held in the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa.
The other newly sworn-in Permanent Secretaries were: Hassan Musa from Borno; Aliyu Ahmed from Niger; Olusola Idowu from Ogun.
Those representing regional quotas were: David Adejoh from Kogi representing the North-Central; Umar Idris Tijani from Bauchi, representing North-East; Sanni Gwarzo from Kano representing the North-West; Engr. Nebolisa Anako from Anambra representing the South-East; Temitope Faseun from Ondo representing the South-West and Evelyn Ngige from Delta state representing the South-South.