By Charles Igbo
About eight months after he dissolved the State Executive Council, Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, finally submitted 17 names to the Imo House of Assembly as Commissioner-nominees.
The Speaker of the House, The Rt. Hon. Kenneth Ibe confirmed receipt of the nominees when he read out the names to the whole Assembly at a special sitting on Monday, November 22, 2021.
He, thereafter, referred the list to the appropriate Committee for screening.
The list includes four women, and a Northerner, Hauia Rabbi Ibrahim. Also on the list is a former Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Goodluck Nana Opia.
Since after the dissolution of the State Executive Council, the Governor had come under pressure from the opposition to reconstitute the SEC. But, seeing that he was not the only Governor who did not immediately reconstitute his Cabinet soon after dissolution, including Governors of the opposition party who dissolved their Cabinet before him, he rose above the pressure and instead, took his time.
He, however, soon after the dissolution recalled a couple of them holding very key positions, including the Commissioners for Finance, Information and the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice.
He, also recalled a couple of Special Advisers and Special Assistants, including his Chief Press Secretary/Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, and his Security Adviser.
Following is the list of the new nominees.
PROF. DURU EMMANUEL JOSEPH CHUKWUMA
- PROSPER OHAYAGHA SUCCESS OBINNA CHINONS0
PROF. IFUNANYA OKORODUDU
PROF. C.O. NWOSU
- KEZIECHI OGAZIECHI
BARRISTER REX ANUNOBI
LADY LOVE INEH
MRS. RUBBY EMELE
SIMON EBEGBULEM
- ANUKWUEM OKECHUKWU CHUKWUNYERE
CHIEF FORD OZURUMBA (ETODIKE)
HON. STANLEY OBIDIEGGWU
- HON. GOODLUCK NANA OPIA
MRS. ANN DOZIE
PROF. KENNETH AMAESHI (CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER)
HAUIA RABBI IBRAHIM
- ELIAS EMEDOM
Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha
22/11/2021
