President Buhari inaugurates permanent secretaries, presides over FEC meeting- President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated permanent secretaries who were recently appointed - The inauguration took place at the council chamber during the virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday - According to presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, other recently-appointed government officials were also sworn-in by the president PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, August 26, inaugurated the newly appointed permanent secretaries and other government officials. The swearing-in ceremony, which was held inside the council chambers at the State House, Abuja, highlighted the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of the week. Bashir Ahmad, the presidential aide on new media, made this disclosure via a tweet on his Twitter page on Wednesday afternoon. "At the commencement of this week’s virtual Federal Executive Council (vFEC) Meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari sworn-in the new appointed Permanent Secretaries and other Government Officials at the Council Chambers, the State House, Abuja," Ahmad tweeted with the photos of the meeting. Read also 16 good Nigerians Buhari met in Japan during TICAD7 summit Buhari had on Tuesday, June 16, approved the appointment of 12 new permanent secretaries in the federal civil service. This was disclosed by the Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan. The 12 new appointees were part of the 41 federal directors shortlisted for an oral interview recently to fill the 16 vacant federal permanent secretary positions. In Nigeria, the federal civil service has been enmeshed in myriads of problems which include: weak governance structure, red-tapism, weak accountability, low professional standards, waste and corruption, poor productivity, and lack of control, redundancy and over-bloated staff structure. PAY ATTENTION: Get the Latest Nigerian News Anywhere 24/7. Spend less on the Internet! Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that President Buhari reacted to the good news from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that Nigeria and Africa have been declared free from polio. Speaking on the impressive development, President Buhari said that this means he has fulfilled his campaign promise of eradicating the disease from the country. Read also Kogi guber: Huge number of APC aspirants is due to my efforts, says Gov Bello President Buhari said that he made the pledge that the next leader of the nation after him will not have to deal with polio. Moreover, the president hailed leaders in the continent and the African Union (AU) for the victory over the disease. Who’s the better leader between President Buhari and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan? | Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated permanent secretaries who were recently appointed - The inauguration took place at the council chamber during the virtual FEC meeting on Wednesday - According to presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, other recently-appointed government officials were also sworn-in by the president PAY ATTENTION: PAY ATTENTION Legit.ng Who’s the better leader between President Buhari and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan?