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CHANGE OF BATON: OGUNBIYI RESUMES AS PERM SEC IN AGRIC MINISTRY 

Sequel to the recent deployment of Permanent Secretaries to man various Ministries by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr. Marcus Ogunbiyi, has since resumed duty as the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. 

Speaking during the handover ceremony at the Ministry’s Conference Room, Ogunbiyi, thanked the Hon Ministers and the Staff of the Ministry for the warm reception accorded him on his arrival and pledged to drive the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the agriculture sector geared towards achieving food and nutrition security as well as enhance the economic growth of the country.

The new Perm Sec, stated that the agriculture sector is among the top four priority areas of the agenda of the Present Administration in terms food security, job creation, poverty alleviation and economic growth “, “it is a homecoming, with  a PhD in Agriculture Engineering , open door policy and  wealth of knowledge, we will take the Agriculure sector to higher and higher level .” 

He tasked the directors on the need to support the ministers to achieve their mandate in the ministry, which is to achieve food sufficiency and boost the economy.

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Earlier in his remarks, the outgoing Permanent Secretary of Ministry, Mr. Temitope Fashedemi, thanked the management and staff for the support given to him over the period he was in the ministry and appealed for equal support to be accorded to the new Permanent Secretary

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