BY VICTOR NWEGEDE
Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State.
Ebonyi Governor, Engr. David Nweze Umahi has redeployed three permanent secretaries in the state.
The Ebonyi Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barr. Orji Uche Orji, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state's weekly executive council meeting in Abakaliki.
Orji said: “In a bid to ensure greater efficiency in Ministries, Departments and Agencies in the state, the Governor in the Executive Council directed the redeployment of the following Permanent Secretaries.
“Mr Ugama, who was previously Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance covering Government House, is now fully in charge of Government House.
“Mrs Ezeoke Blessing, who was in State Universal Basic Education Board, is now in the Ministry of Lands and Survey.
“Mrs Okiri Patricia has now moved to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources; while, Dr Mrs Rita Mary Okoro, who was until now in the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, has now been moved to the Universal Basic Education Board. And Mr Emma Nwafor is now moved to Ministry of Trade and Investment."
The Information Commissioner also disclosed that a 40-year-old female civil servant in the state, Williamson Mfom Christian, an indigene of Rivers State, had been appointed Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
“A new Permanent Secretary was appointed and now deployed to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
“It may interest you to know that the new Permanent Secretary, whose name is Mrs. Williamson Mfom Christian, is an indigene of Rivers State and she is 40 years of age and was until her appointment a civil servant with the state Ministry of Finance,” he added.
