Josephine Oluseyi Williams

Josephine Oluseyi Williams (born March 10, 1957) is a Nigerian financial expert, Public administrator and former Lagos State Head of Service.[1][2]

Josephine Oluseyi Williams
Lagos State Head of Service
In office
October 2013 – February 2015
Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Finance
In office
May, 2010 – October 2013
Preceded byAdesegun Olusola Ogunlewe
Succeeded byFolashade Sherifat Jaji
Personal details
BornApril 3, 1956
Lagos State, Nigeria
Political partyNon-partisian

Early life

Josephine was born in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.[3] She attended the University of Lagos where she received a bachelor's degree in accounting and a post graduate diploma in computer science.[4]

Civil service

She joined the Nigerian Civil Service on February 15, 1980, as an accountant after she completed the compulsory one-year Youth Service.[5] After she spent five years at the Federal Housing Authority, she joined the Lagos State Civil Service as Chief Accountant before she got a transfer to the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban as Director of Accounts.[6] In June 1994, she was appointed Auditor-General and in 1995, she became the State Accountant-General.[7] In February 2006, she was appointed as Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Finance, a position she held until her appointment as Head of Service on October 2013 to succeed Adesegun Olusola Ogunlewe.[8] She retired in February 2015 at the age of 60 years after 34 years of service[9] and was succeeded by Folashade Sherifat Jaji, whose appointment was confirmed on February 17, 2015, by the State Governor, Babatunde Fashola.[10]

References
  1. "Mrs. Josephine Oluseyi Williams". Encomium Magazine.
  2. "Fashola Extols Positive Attitudinal Change By State Civil Servants As 17th HoS Retires". The Gazelle News.
  3. "Josephine Oluseyi Williams". Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2015-04-16.
  4. "Mrs. Josephine Oluseyi Williams - Starconnect Media". Starconnect Media.
  5. "Oluseyi Williams". businesstodayng.com.
  6. "Fashola appoints 7 new Perm Secs, Tutors General". Vanguard News.
  7. "Williams succeeds Ogunlewe as Lagos Head of service - P.M. NEWS Nigeria". pmnewsnigeria.com.
  8. "As ENCOMIUM Weekly predicted in its Tuesday, September 24, 2013, edition, Mrs. Josephine Oluseyi Williams, the erstwhile Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, has been appointed as the new Head of Service (HOS) in Lagos state. - Encomium Magazine". Encomium Magazine.
  9. "Fashola Credits Improved State Public Service To Change Of Attitude - Channels Television". Channels Television.
  10. "Lagos Unveils New Head Of Service, Sherifat Folashade Jaji". The Gazelle News. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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