President GoodLuck Jonathan has approved the appointment of four permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service.

This is contained in a statement signed by Tope Ajakaiye, Director (Communications) in the office of head of the civil service of the federation in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to the statement, the new appointees are Abbas Mohammed (Kaduna); Adelakun Saheed Kayode (Lagos); Bukar Mohammed B. (Yobe) and Magaji Abubaka G. (Zamfara).

The statement said Bukar Aji, the head of the civil service of the federation, who announced the approval, said that it was to fill the existing vacant positions.

The new appointments according to the statement have been made to fill the slot for Yobe State which became vacant following Aji’s appointment as head of the civil service of the federation.

It stated further that the appointment is also as a result of the retirement from service of permanent secretaries representing Lagos, Zamfara and Kaduna states.