Wife of Nigeria’s President, Dame Patience Jonathan, has recorded history as
the First Lady of the country to be appointed Permanent Secretary in a state
civil service. Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State approved her appointment and
seventeen others into the state civil service on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the state
capital.
Also prominent among those appointed is Linnet Tebepah, wife of the current Chairman of NDDC, Tarilah Tebepah. Head of Service, Gloria Izonfuo who signed the announcement broadcast on the state radio station, 91.7 Glory FM, stated that by the constitutional power conferred on the governor in section 203 (2) (c) , Jonathan’s wife and seventeen others had been elevated to the position of Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service.
Daily Independent
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