Contrary to media reports, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita has rebuffed speculations of her alleged resignation.
In an address , the director, Press, Office of the Head of Service, Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle has on behalf of the head of service reported that Oyo-Ita has not resigned. She told our Journalists that both the office and the Head of Service was not aware of any letter to the Presidency, indicating her interest to resign.
Stressing that she cannot give any further information concerning the reports as she has not received any such information.
“Resignation is not something to be done in secret. Please, I advise you to disregard that online information indicating that the head of service wrote a letter of resignation. If there is anything official on this matter, we are definitely going to inform you people. As it is, there is no such official information on that,” she said.
This also corroborated the presidency that it was not aware of Oyo-Ita’s purported resignation.
Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recently questioned Oyo-Ita over alleged N3billion bribery, falsification of duty tour allowances and fraud case and had generated media concerns.
As the time of filing this reports the HOS had been on a medical leave, and denied those allegation, a report from an online source indicated that she had been under intense pressure from her immediate family members to retire after reports emerged that she was being probed over alleged N3billion contract scam.