Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has sworn in five new permanent secretaries in the state’s public service with a mandate to lead by example through commitment, accountability, fairness and versatility in the discharge of their duties.
At the ceremony in Asaba, the governor urged the permanent secretaries that as veterans in civil service and Chief Accounting Officers in their ministries, they should see their elevation as a call to higher responsibilities and challenges that would lead to maximum productivity in the state civil service.
He advised them to be acquainted with the Stronger Delta policies and programmes of his administration and pledged to continue to create an enabling environment for the civil service to thrive.