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  • Commissioners, advisers vow to transform Benue

    Commissioners, advisers vow to transform Benue

    Newly appointed commissioners, special advisers, permanent secretaries and local government caretakers in Benue State have resolved to work as a team to deliver democratic dividends.

    This was part of a seven-point resolution at the end of a three-day state executive council retreat in Makurdi.

    They also vowed to entrench core values such as transparency, accountability, justice, fairness, sel?essness, humility, discipline, forgiveness, reconciliation, integrity, peace and unity in their service to the state.

    The appointees, who praised Governor Samuel Ortom for organizing the retreat, also resolved to abide by the rule of law and due process in service delivery.

    They agreed that international best practices as well as the latest media and ICT tools will be deployed in delivering democracy dividends.

    They also promised to align with the blueprint of the administration anchored on the five-point agenda of good governance and revenue security; Agriculture-driven industrialisation; investment in critical infrastructure and gender, women, youth, sports and people with disabilities.

    Twenty five resources persons, including former governor George Akume and Senator Barnabas Gemade, among others spoke at the retreat.

    Ortom delivered a keynote address while deputy governor Benson Abuonu made the closing remark.

     

     

  • Emmanuel allots portfolios to commissioners, SAs

    Emmanuel allots portfolios to commissioners, SAs

    THE 20 commissioners and two Special Advisers (SAs) sworn in on Monday by Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel have been assigned portfolios.

    Uwemedimo Nwoko is the Attorney-General/Commissioner of Justice; Mr. Akan Okon is the Commissioner for Finance; Dr. Matthew Ekaette is the Commissioner of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Mr. Ephraim Inyang-eyen is the Commissioner for Works.

    Prince Godwin Ntukude – Transport; Elder Aniekan Akpan – Education; Dr. Dominic Ukpong – Health; Uwem Ita Etuk – Lands/Town Planning; Enobong Uwah – Housing and Urban Renewal.

    Dr. Iniobong Essien – Environment and Mineral Resources; Aniekan Umanah – Information and Communications; Victor Antai – Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and Emmanuel Enoidem – Investment, Commerce and Industry.

    Ekong Sampson – Rural Development; Dr. Emmanuel Onwioduokit – Economic Planning and Development; Dr. (Mrs) Elizabeth Obot – Science and Technology and Otuekong Emmanuel Ibiok – Culture and Tourism.

    Dr. Glory Edet – Women Affairs and Social Welfare; Sir Monday Uko – Youths and Sports; Etido Inyang – Special Duties.

    The Special Advisers have also been assigned their portfolios.

    Enyinna Ekpenyong is for Bureau of Labour, Productivity and Manpower Planning and Anietie Etuk will head the Bureau of Political and Legislative Affairs.

    The postings, according to a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ekerete Udoh, takes immediate effect.

     

     

     

     

  • New Police Commissioners for Lagos, Rivers, Ogun

    New Police Commissioners for Lagos, Rivers, Ogun

    The Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has ordered the posting of new Commissioners of Police to Lagos, Ogun, Rivers and other formations in the Force headquarters.

    In a statement issued by the Deputy Force PRO, Abayomi Shogunle, the new posting is expected to reduce the crime rate in the affected states.

    The statement read: “It is expected that the new postings will reverse the crime wave in the affected states and also strengthen the administration in the Force headquarters formations”.

    The commissioners affected by the posting and the states they are posted to are; “CP Ajani Fatai Owoseni; Lagos State, CP Chris Ezike; Rivers State, CP Abdulmajid Ali; Ogun State.

    Other CPs posted to formations in the Force headquarters are: “Dan Bature; Intelligence FCIID Abuja, CP Valentine Ntomchukwu, CP Admin department of Logistics and Supply, Abuja, Hyelasinda Kimo Musa; CP Fed. Special Anti Robbery Squad, Abuja, CP Kayode Aderanti; CP Admin, department of Operations Abuja, CP Ibine; CP Port Authority Eastern Command; CP Ogbusua Aja Oleh, CP Provost,

  • Obiano appoints five new commissioners

    Obiano appoints five new commissioners

    Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra state has appointed five new commissioners to assist in steering the affairs of the state.

    Those appointed are Mr. Okey Moka (Finance), Mrs Gladys Ilobi (Special Duties), Mr Afam Mbanefo (Agriculture), Mr Frank Offor (Housing and Urban Development) and Dr Uju Nwogu (Information, Culture and Tourism).

    Administering oath of office on the appointees on Monday in Awka, the Director of Civil Litigation, Mr Emeka Ike, explained that the appointment was in accordance with the provision of Sections 190 and 194 of the Constitution of the country.

    The governor, on his part, congratulated the appointees, urging them to see their appointments as a privilege and call to serve the people.

    “Serving under this administration is an honour to those of you who have been sworn in and we look up to you to assist in moving the state forward.

    “What you have just signed is your job specifications, with time frame for performance monitoring.

    “So you will only stay as part of the team if you are found worthy,” Obiano said.

    Responding on behalf of the commissioners, Nwogu expressed gratitude to the governor for finding them worthy to serve the state, promising to key into the tempo of developmental strides.

    She pledged their dedication in ensuring the success of the Obiano administration’s four pillars of development in the areas of agriculture, oil and gas, trade and commerce as well as industrialisation.

  • Ahmed sacks commissioners, others

    Ahead of the May 29 handover date, Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed yesterday approved the dissolution of the State Executive Council (Exco).

    Affected by the dissolution are: special advisers, senior special assistants, special assistants, liaison officers and youth employment coordinators.

    Announcing the dissolution, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Isiaka Gold said: “All boards of government-owned companies, commissions, corporations and organisations, other than those of statutory status, are also dissolved.

    “Also, all commissioners are advised to hand over government property in their custody to their permanent secretaries while heads of other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) must hand over to the most senior officers in their establishment.

    “Governor Ahmed expresses sincere appreciation to all the affected political office holders for their immeasurable contributions to the success of his administration in the last four years and wishes them success in their future endeavours. He also looks forward to a continued robust partnership to move the state forward.”

  • Oshiomhole sacks two commissioners

    Oshiomhole sacks two commissioners

    •Governor names replacements, two aides

    Edo State Transport Commissioner Orobosa Omo-Ojo and his Lands and Survey counterpart, Donald Osikhena-Boih, have been sacked.

    No reasons were given for their sack.

    Two new commissioners and two Deputy Chiefs of Staff were appointed.

    Those appointed are: Joseph Ayegbeni Ugheoke, Kenneth Edebiri, Saturday Idehen Uwulekhue and Prestly Ediagboya.

    A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Public Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua, said Oshiomhole also appointed two Deputy Chiefs of Staff – former House of Assembly’s Majority Leader Frank Okiye (Administration) and Mr. Kenneth Ehesikhien (Political Matters).

    It said the names of the commissioner-nominees had been forwarded to the House of Assembly for screening.

  • Commissioners welcome Shekarau

    Commissioners welcome Shekarau

    The Commissioners for Education in the country have felicitated with the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekerau, on his appointment.

    A statement signed by the chairman of the State Commissioners of Education Forum in Nigeria, Prof Offiong Offiong, said the appointment did not come as a surprise having watched his performance as governor of Kano State.

    Offiong, who is the Cross River Education Commissioner, said the forum has no doubt that his antecedents as a teacher and one time permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education informed his appointment.

    “The States Commissioners of Education Forum therefore assures the  minister of maximum cooperation and support towards the development of the nation’s education sector as well as Mr President’s transformation agenda.

    The forum will continue to provide a platform for synergy between the federal and states Ministries of Education for the overall development of the sector,” he said.

  • Education commissioners seek security in schools

    Education commissioners seek security in schools

    The State Commissioners for Education Forum in Nigeria has called on the government to provide adequate security in schools, especially in the northeast, until the Boko Haram insurgency is fully crushed.

    They also sympathised with the parents of the abducted Chibok girls urging them to be patient with the Federal Government as it makes efforts with the international community to rescue the girls.

    A statement by chairman of the forum, Prof Offiong Offiong, also urged all concerned should intensify efforts in securing the release of the abducted Chiboks girls without any further delay.

    Offiong, who is also commissioner in Cross River State, said: “The forum urges provision of adequate security in all our schools to prevent future reoccurrence of this unfortunate act as it appears no student is safe in the country until this insurgence is crushed totally. Accordingly we enjoin all parents of the girls to exercise patience as the federal government in collaboration with her allies carries out rescue mission and the girls are safely back to the comfort of their homes.

    “This, indeed,, is a trying period for the nation’s education sector and the casualties of this dastardly act are not the girls alone, though they are directly the victims; not the parents alone, who have been waiting endlessly for the news of the release of their daughters and not the Borno State Government alone.

    Although this inhuman act was perpetrated on its soil. We are all collectively victims as Nigerians because the victims are Nigerians, they are our children and our jewel, the future mothers of the nation. All hands must be on deck to ensure their release.

    “The forum is, particularly, worried over the plight of education in the northeast geopolitical zone in general and Borno in particular. The need to restore law and order in the region has become more urgent chiefly as there is a high rate of out- of-school children there. Continuous closure of school gates against our children in the region due to insecurity would continue to adversely affect the future of education in the north east and Nigeria as a whole.

    “It is against this background that the forum welcomes the assistance offered by the nation’s international friends towards ensuring the release of our children. We cannot afford to wait helplessly as our children our being degraded.”

  • Akpabio sacks two commissioners

    Akpabio sacks two commissioners

    Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio announced yesterday the sack of two commissioners in what he described as a “minor executive reshuffle”.

    The sacked commissioners are Bassey Albert Akpan (Finance) and Effiong Abia (Rural Development).

    A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Aniekan Umanah, did not say why they were removed.

    The statement reads: “In view of the need to reinvigorate the machinery of government and drive further the uncommon transformation programme of the state, Governor Godswill Akpabio has approved a minor executive reshuffle.

    “Accordingly, the following commissioners have been relieved of their appointments. Bassey Albert Akpan (Finance) and Effiong Abia(Rural Development).”

    Also sacked were six board chairmen. They are: Obong Sunny Udom (State Property and Investment Company Limited); Patrick Ifon (State Water Company Limited); Obong Dan Akai (State Newspapers Corporation).

    Others are: Alex Nyong (State Broadcasting Corporation); John Asikpo (State Environmental Protection and Management Board); Abom Tony Esu (State Agency for Community and Social Development).

    The sack may not have been unconnected with the tussle for the 2015 governorship seat.

    Some of the sacked board chairmen are loyalists of the former Secretary to the State Government, Umana Umana.

    The sacked commissioners are yet to declare their interest.

    Akpan is an Ibibio man from Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area; Abia is an Oro man from Mbo Local Government Area.

  • Dickson sacks seven commissioners

    Dickson sacks seven commissioners

    Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Thursday tinkered with his cabinet and sacked seven commissioners.

    The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Francis Egele; Trade and Investment, Mr. Ayakeme Massa and Health, Dr. Anapurere Michael Awoli, were asked to go.

    Others affected in the surprising cabinet shake-up are commissioners for Tourism Development, Mr. Nelson Belief; Special Duties (Federal Projects), Mr. Gesiye Isowo; Science, Technology and Manpower Development, Mr. Parkinson Macmanuel and Environment, Dr. Sylvanus Abila.

    A statement signed by Dickson’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said the action was informed by “the ongoing re-organisation of Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for a more optimal implementation of the Restoration Agenda”.

    The governor asked the affected persons to immediately vacate their positions and hand over to the permanent secretaries in their various ministries.

    He expressed his gratitude to them for their commitment to “service, diligence, hard work and invaluable contributions to the successes attained by his administration in the last two years.”

    He wished them well in all their future endeavours saying he could call on them again to serve the state in other capacities.

    Dickson said: “The reorganization of the machinery of government for improved service delivery in the execution of Government programmes and policies as well as the redeployment of relevant officers will be a continuous exercise.”