Twenty-one directors on Salary Grade Level 17 in the Federal Civil Service failed the promotion examination to the elite cadre of permanent secretaries.
Forty-six directors sat for the examination on Monday.
The successful twenty- five have been qualified to participate in the next stage, to wit: Information Communication Technology proficiency test taking place today (Thursday).
The Federal Government had in May announced the shortlisting of 47 directors for the examination among the 51 candidates who earlier faced a panel.
Only 46 directors were listed for the examination.
The document, entitled: “Re: Selection exercise for the appointment of permanent secretaries in the federal civil service,” was dated June 1, 2021, and signed by Sunny Echocho on behalf of the examination committee.
The successful twenty-five directors who passed the written examination and were invited for the ICT proficiency test stage scored 50 and above in the examination.
A director with 68.5 percent had the highest score while a candidate with 33.5 was scored the lowest score in the examination.
The candidates were identified by their service numbers rather than by their names.
Those who pass the ICT test on Thursday will qualify for the last stage, which is an interactive session with a broad-based panel of experts and professionals.
The candidates are competing to fill the vacancies of retired permanent secretaries and those retiring this year in five states of the federation.
The affected states are Ekiti, Katsina, Nasarawa, Enugu and Lagos.
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