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Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, on Friday, approved the appointment of his brother - Ferdinand Uzodimma, as his Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of General Services.
The governor also reappointed Cosmos Iwu as the Secretary to the State Government; Nnamdi Anyaehie as his Chief of Staff and Sydney Agbor as the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations.
The three officials served in the same capacities in Uzodimma’s first four years as governor.
Also appointed are Patrick Ekeji as the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Administration and Sam Nwaobasi named as the Special Adviser on Programme and Policy Implementation and Monitoring.
This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Oguwike Nwachuku on Friday.
The statement read, “The Governor of Imo State, Senator
Hope Uzodimma, has reappointed Chief Cosmos Iwu as the Secretary to the Government of Imo State.
“In the same vein, Nnamdi Anyaehie, Chief Patrick Ekeji and Olisaemeka Sydney Agbor have been reappointed as Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff (Administration) and Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations) respectively.
“Also, the governor has approved the appointment of Chief Ferdinand Uzodimma, a one-time Councillor, Transition Committee Chairman and Sole Administrator of Oru East Local Government Area, as his Deputy Chief of Staff (General Services) with Mr Sam Anyalewechi Nwaobasi named as Special Adviser on Programme and Policy Implementation/ Monitoring.
The appointments take immediate effect.
The Governor congratulated the appointees and urged them to serve the state with professional competence.
