Civil Servants appointed as Directors and Permanent Secretaries in Ekiti State are now required to take part  in Quality Assurance Test (QAT).

The state governor, Engr Segun Oni disclosed this  during the inaguration  of eight new Permanent Secretaries in the state, saying promotion in service would no more be whom you know or area where one comes from.

The newly inaugurated Permanent Secretaries are Mrs Ajoke Oluwasanmi, Mrs Adesola Oke, Mr Olaleye Fagbemi, Barrister Joseph Oyebola, Mr Kunle Abegunde , Mrs Olapeju Babafemi,  Dr Obadare Ojo  and Mr Foluso Daramola.

Oni  described the new Permanent Secretaries as  products of a rigorous Quality Assurance Text that lasted for three nights  stressed  that the 8 appointees were  eminently qualified  to be appointed  permanent secretaries  in the  public service of any country  of the world by virtue of their educational background  and track.