Things to know about new Head of Service

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn-in Winifred Oyo-Ita as the new Head of Service of the Federation.

Here are six things you should know about the new Head of Service:
• Winifred Oyo-Ita Ekanem is 51-year-old. She was born 20th April, 1964.
• She hails from Adiabo community of Odukpani local council of Cross Rivers state.
• She did her secondary school education at Queens College, Yaba, and graduated from University of Lagos in 1984. She is also a Master’s degree holder from the Nasarawa State University. It is safe to say that the new Head of Service has had a feel of all the different ethnics group in Nigeria.

• Oyo-Ita is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
• She was the director of finance and accounts at the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
• Before Oyo-Ita’s appointment as the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in April 2014, she was Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs.