Breaking: Uzodinma Makes First Appointments; Position of Deputy Speaker Becomes Vacant

Hours after the new Imo state governor took his oath of office he has performed his first official duty as the new Chief Executive of the state.

Uzodinma hit the ground running on Friday in Owerri when he made his first set of appointments. The appointments include that of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. He made the appointments after his acceptance speech in which he said that he has reclaimed his stolen mandate. He then swung into action by immediately appointing aids to his government.

In his new appointments, he appointed the Secretary to the State Government, the Attorney General of the state and the Chief Press Secretary.

Chief Cosmas iwu was appointed as the secretary to the state government while COC Akolisa was also appointed as Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. Oguwuike Nwachukwu was appointed the Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the Imo state government.

The new Secretary to the Government, Cosmas Iwu, is the younger brother to Maurice Iwu, former Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, Chairman.

Nwachukwu, a print Journalist, has been around in the media world, and was with the Niche Weekend Newspaper before his appointment. He had held various editorial positions in various mediums.

Meanwhile, four lawmakers, Authur Egwim(Ideato North), Obinna Okwara(Nkwerre), Chyna Iwuanyanwu(Nwangele) and Nelson Ezerioha (Oru west) have joined the race for the next Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, since by zoning the next deputy speaker will now go to Orlu zone while the majority leader will go to Owerri zone.

The House will vote on the issue as soon as they convene from their current recess. They will reconvene on January 21 after the Christmas and new Year holidays, which started before the Yuletide.

It is speculated that in the next few days more than half of the Imo Assembly members will decamp to the All Progressives congress, APC. As at now, the APC has no single representative in the state assembly, which is currently dominated by the Peoples democratic Party, PDP.