According to reports, twenty-one federal civil service directors failed the set examination for the space of Permanent Secretary.
Although the names were not released a statement was released by Sunny Echocho, and titled ‘Re; Selection exercise for the appointment of permanent secretaries in the federal civil service,’ and dated June 1, 2021, announced the result on behalf of the examination committee.
The document disclosed that they scored below the 50 percent threshold necessary to advance to the final stage of the exercise.
The written examinations were held in Abuja on Monday for the retiring permanent secretaries from Ekiti, Enugu, Katsina, Lagos and Nasarawa States. The test to appraise their grasp of policy knowledge featured 46 substantive directors on Salary Grade Level 17.
