Imo Assembly receives list of commissioner nominees
The House resolved to pass a vote of confidence on the governor for his “monumental achievements” in his one year in office.
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The Imo House of Assembly on Tuesday received a list of four nominees for ratification of their appointment as commissioners in the state Executive Council.
The nomimees are Doris Uzoka, Bartholomew Okorochukwu, Boniface Nwogu and Uche Ohia.
The Speaker, Paul Emeziem (APC-Onuimo), during plenary, read the names from a letter sent to the House by Governor
He charged the committee to conclude the screening by Wednesday and report to the House.
The Imo House of Assembly has urged the state government to mandate the Enugu Electric Distribution Company (EEDC) to rehabilitate all damaged transformers in the state.
By Ugonne Uzoma
Owerri, March 4, 2021 The ousted Majority Leader of the Imo House of Assembly, Uche Ogbuagu (APC-Ikeduru), has urged all concerned persons to remain calm.
Ogbuagu made the call in a press release in Owerri on Thursday following the announcement of his removal as the majoity leader of the house by the Speaker, Mr Paul Emeziem (APC-Onuimo).
He expressed surprise over the speaker’s disregard of the letter he wrote to him on Wednesday and his subsequent announcement of his removal on Thursday.
He also noted that he was yet to make any official statement regarding his removal, thereby, urging constituents to disregard any such purported statement.
The Governor of Borno, Babagana Zulum, has claimed that his Bauchi counterpart, Bala Mohammed, will join the All Progressives Congress soon (APC).
He stated this when he led the North-East Governors to perform the groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Government House in Bauchi on Thursday.
Zulum who is the Chairman of the North-East Governors’ Forum said, “The only quarrel that I am having with my colleague, the Governor of Bauchi State is his refusal to come into the APC.
“But inshallah, very soon, he will join us. He’ll join the Progressives. I am here to support him.”
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