Gov Dickson Appoints Commissioner, 35 Permanent Secretaries

…Charges Them To Implement Civil
Service Reforms

The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has mandated the newly sworn in Commissioner, Mr Felix Sam-Ateki and 35 permanent secretaries to work with the incoming administration to ensure full implementation of the civil service reforms.

During the swearing in Yenagoa on Friday, Governor Dickson said his administration would soon receive the formal report of the reforms which he said would be one of the key documents to be handed over to the next government.

Below are the Names of the New Permanent Secretaries:

1. UJILE AYI HELEN

2. MARK ISAAC IKASUOTE

3. IKELEMO NANCY WAIBITE

4. YAWEH HELP JANE

5. MIEYEFA EMILY

6. SINGABELE OYINBRAKEMI JOYCE

7. OWEIMO EBIEME WILLIAM

8. GOWON TORUYOUYEI

9. ENIEKEZIMENE DANIEL

10. TAMARAODUBO THOMAS
    AKPOKABOWEI

11. ORUBEBE TIMILAEMI

12. OGUARA JULIANA D. A.

13. OMUBO WAKIENTE ONOKUMA

14. BENWARI CLARENCE BARIMUGHA

15. JOKORI JAMES

16. EKINABHARI DUMATEIN STEPHANIE

17. DR ASIAM BLESSING IKURU

18. PATIENCE OLIEMEN ERICA ABAH

19. AMASUOMO HANNAH BINAFEIGHA

20. KEKU OKOBAKIYE ALABOIGONI

21. LIVERPOOL WALTON AKPOBOLOKEMI

22. ALEGI EBIOTU

23. DICKSON HITLER

24. EWHRUDJAKPO CHRISTOPHER O

25. KOROYE TONYE ENEBIMERE

26. FRESTON AKPOR

27. IMOLADE-ADEH AYEBATONYE

28. TUKURU PATIMIDI ROLAND

29. AMOKIESE BENEOVIE ONUMAJIRA

30. WERIBAKUMO AMAITARI

31. WARIPAMO MARTIN AMAITARI

32. NDONI-GABRIEL EBIERE FLORA

33. COLLINS IFIDI

34. RUTH OUSERIGHA

35. BUNANA GEORGE.

While congratulating the new permanent secretaries on their appointment, Governor Dickson called on them to avoid partisan politics and focus on the execution of policies and programmes of government.

“As you go to your various Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure the public/civil service is programmed and made ready to work and support policies and programmes of the next administration, you are not to dabble into the political squabbles of the day.

“You are not to be part of the dust of political conflicts . I charge you all to maintain neutrality and focus on the execution of the policies and programmes of government.

“I urge you all and the entire civil service to brace up to execute the policies of the government of the day loyally and as ably as you can.”

He noted that sectors such as the Post Primary Schools Board and Sports Council would now have permanent secretaries so as to enhance professionalism in those areas.

Governor Dickson also noted that in line with his administration’s respect for hierarchy in the civil service, Mrs Biobelemoye Charles-Onyeama, the most senior civil servant in the state, would be sworn in next week after the completion of her training at the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS.

The Governor attributed the high number of permanent secretaries being sworn in to the long delay in their appointment, noting that over 25 of them are level 17 officers.

“If you do an analysis of these appointees, you will discover that almost 25 of them are level 17 officers, which means they have been on that level for quite some time, doing the work of acting permanent secretary and heading directorates for quite some time.

“These appointments are merely made on our step criteria which is seniority in service. So almost 80 percent are them appointed based on seniority while very few are appointed on meritorious service.

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