Buhari Appoints New Head Of Service

President Muhammadu Buhari has announced 51-year-old Mrs Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita as the new Head of Service,  The Guardian reports.

It would be recalled that President Buhari ordered the sacking of the former head of the civil service of the federation, Danladi Kifasi, yesterday, October 20, just two months to the expiration of his tenure.


However, the sacking which came with immediate effect did not come with the announcement of a new replacement until the early hours of today, Wednesday, October 21.

Oyo-Ita, who is a chartered accountant, is presently the permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology. She hails from Cross River and will be acting as the service head.

Oyo-Ita Ekanem is from Adiabo community of Odukpani Local Council of Cross Rivers State. She attended the Queens College Yaba. She got her B.Sc Accounting at the University of Lagos in 1984 and holds a Master’s degree from the Nasarawa State University.

She was Director, Finance and Accounts at the Head of Civil Service of the Federation and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).