Obaseki To Swear In Eight Commissioners [Full List]

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State will today (Wednesday) swear in eight commissioners and usher them into the executive.

Naija News learned that the commissioners were screened, cleared and confirmed on Monday by the State House of Assembly.

The commissioners-nominees are Chris Nehikhare, Omololu Ojehomon, Afishetu Braimoh and Stephen Idehenre, Osasere Evbuomwan, Donald Ojemeh, Okojie Newton and Jonathan Lawani.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Osarodion Ogie, said the commissioners will be inaugurated at the New Festival Hall of the Government House, Benin.

He said: “It is hereby announced for the information of the public that the commissioner-nominees confirmed by the Assembly on Monday will be sworn in by the governor on Wednesday.”

Recall that the Assembly on Monday confirmed eight out of the nine commissioner-nominees sent to it by Governor Obaseki on February 1.

The eight nominees were screened and recommended for clearance by the three-man Ad hoc Committee led by the Majority Leader, Henry Okhuarobo.

Obaseki, in a letter dated January 25, 2022, and addressed to the speaker, Marcus Onobun, requested the house to screen and confirm the nominees as commissioners in the state.

The Chairman of the Committee, Okhuarobo, presented the report of the committee on the screened nominees to the house for consideration.

Okhuarobo told the house that one of the nominees, Bamidele Obaitan, could not be screened due to an unexpected emergency on the part of the nominee.

According to him, the nominees are physically fit and educationally qualified for the state assignment.

The committee recommended that the nominees having been found to be eligible be confirmed as commissioners in the state.

Thereafter, the house unanimously, in a voice vote, confirmed the nominees as commissioners in the Edo State Government.