By Perpetua Onuegbu
The newly assigned Permanent Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (FMHUD) Dr Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi, has assumed office at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja, on Friday.
Mr Badamasi Haiba, Director Information FMHUD made this known in a statement to newsmen on Saturday.
According him, Ogunbiyi is deployed to Housing Ministry from the office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHCSF), where he held fort as the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office (CMO).
At the occasion, Ogunbiyi expressed his commitment and readiness to work with the staff of the ministry, and solicited for their support and cooperation.
He promised to foster peace in the ministry so that collectively they can achieve the desired mandate of the ministry.
Ogunbiyi according to Haiba is a champion of the Performance Management System, which is a pillar of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 25 (FCSSIP 25).
The newly deployed perm.sec pledged to continue in his quest to promote a seamless implementation of the plan in the ministry.
“As great disciples of the Head of Service, we must do everything possible to uphold the implementation of FCSSIP 25 in our ministry, because it has come to stay in the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development,” he said.
Ogunbiyi took over from the outgoing Permanent Secretary, Works and Housing, Mr Mamuda Mamman, who supervises both the works and housing ministries since the demerger of the two ministries in August, 2023.
Meanwhile Mamman also has been redeployed to the Federal Ministry of Power.
In his remarks, Director and Head of Department, Engineering Services, Mr Cyril Onyeneke welcomed the new official and expressed enthusiasm to cooperate and follow his directions in order to achieve the goals of the ministry.
Highlight of the occasion was the formal signing and presentation of the handover notes between the outgoing and incoming permanent secretaries.
In attendance at the event were the management and staff of the Ministry. (NAN)
