Delta Gov Appoints SSG,  Political Adviser

Omon-Julius Onabu in Asaba

Delta State Governor, Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, on Wednesday approved the appointment of Dr. Kingsley Emu as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG).

A former commissioner for economic planning under the previous administration, Dr Emu is the immediate past senior economic adviser to former governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

A statement in Asaba by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Festus Ahon, said that the Oborevwori also approved the appointment of Hon Johnson Erijo as Chief of Staff to the Governor while former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Senator Emmanuel Aguariavwodo was appointed Senior Political Adviser.

Immediate past secretary to the Delta State House of Assembly, Mrs Lyna Aliya-Ochulor was appointed as Principal Secretary to the Governor.

Ahon said that approval for the latest appointments by Governor Oborevwori is contained in a statement on Wednesday by the Permanent Secretary, Government House Administration, Sir Eddy Ogidi-Gbegbaje on Wednesday, adding that they took immediate effect.

In a related development, Governor Oborevwori has unfolded his administration’s blueprint to the permanent secretaries and heads of state ministries, departments and agencies at a meeting held at the State Executive Council Chamber of the Government House, Asaba as the new state chief executive strives to keep his promise to ‘hit the ground running’.

Elsewhere, the governor had, through his Chief Press Secretary warned of dire consequences for petroleum products marketers trying to make life unbearable for Deltans by taking undue advantage of the increased pump price of PMS (petrol) by the Federal Government.