{"id":36714,"date":"2026-08-28T10:39:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/?p=36714"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:41:01","slug":"tinubu-swears-in-abel-enitan-as-nigerias-new-head-of-civil-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/tinubu-swears-in-abel-enitan-as-nigerias-new-head-of-civil-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Swears In Abel Enitan As Nigeria\u2019s New Head of Civil Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as Nigeria\u2019s new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, formally beginning a new chapter for the country\u2019s federal bureaucracy. Tinubu administered the oath of office to Enitan at the State House in Abuja, about a week after announcing his appointment as successor to Didi Esther Walson-Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enitan assumes responsibility for coordinating Nigeria\u2019s federal civil service, one of the country\u2019s most important administrative institutions. The office oversees the implementation of civil service policies and helps ensure continuity in government operations as elected administrations change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transition comes as Tinubu\u2019s administration continues its broader public-sector reform agenda, which has included efforts to improve efficiency, accountability and digitalization across government institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria\u2019s civil service has its roots in the colonial administrative system established under British rule. Following independence in 1960, successive governments retained and restructured the bureaucracy as a permanent administrative machinery separate from the political leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Head of the Civil Service position has evolved over the decades as Nigeria sought to strengthen professionalism and institutional continuity within the federal government. The office became particularly significant during periods of political transition, when the civil service was expected to maintain essential government functions despite changes in political leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enitan\u2019s appointment therefore places him at the center of efforts to modernize Nigeria\u2019s public administration while preserving institutional continuity. His tenure is expected to be closely watched as the government pursues reforms aimed at making the federal civil service more responsive, efficient and capable of delivering public services to Africa\u2019s most populous country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as Nigeria\u2019s new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, formally beginning a new chapter for the country\u2019s federal bureaucracy. Tinubu administered the oath of office to Enitan at the State House in Abuja, about a week after announcing his appointment as successor to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5,1138],"tags":[23144,157,22666,2952,23143,2088,23146,2090,146,23145,563,23147,23153,617],"class_list":["post-36714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-politics","tag-abelenitan","tag-abuja","tag-africanpolitics","tag-civilservice","tag-federalgovernment","tag-governance","tag-hocsf","tag-leadership","tag-nigeria","tag-nigeriangovernment","tag-nigeriapolitics","tag-presidenttinubu","tag-publicsectorreform","tag-publicservice"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36714"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36722,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36714\/revisions\/36722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funminews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}