Seventy-four percent of the directors from ministries, department and agencies of the federal government MDAs that sat for the examinations to fill the 20 vacant positions of federal permanent secretaries failed woefully.
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A report by Daily Trust says that two hundred and twenty-two of the 300 directors that sat for the examination on “Relevant Public Service and Policy Issues” held at the National Defence College (NDC) Auditorium, Abuja on Monday, failed.
It said only seventy-eight of them passed adding that the successful candidates will on Thursday (today) attend the third and final level “Oral Interview/Interactive Session” at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of Federation in Abuja.
The report said on Wednesday, the successful candidates had second level “Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Assessment Test” held at the Digital Bridge Institute (DBI) Utako, Abuja.
It said states which successful candidates will represent as permanent secretaries are; Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo and Ekiti, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto and the FCT.
The change in policy for the federal permanent secretaries to write examinations was part of the resolutions of the National Council on Establishment (NEC).
