The Rivers State
Governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed the immediate past Minister of
State for Trade and Investment, Kenneth Kobani, as Secretary to the
Rivers State Government.
Kobani, a former Rivers
Commissioner for Finance, who served in ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s
cabinet for about three months, hails from Bodo-Ogoni in Gokana local
government area of the state and he is succeeding George Feyii, also an
Ogoni.
Wike, a former Minister
of State for Education, also appointed an ex-Chairman of Emohua LGA,
Emeka Woke, an engineer, as the Chief of Staff, succeeding Chief Tony
Okocha.
The new Rivers governor
also appointed the Publisher of a Port Harcourt-based tabloid, Hard
Truth, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, as his Special Adviser on Media and
Publicity, contrary to the insinuation that the Publisher of National
Network local newspaper, Jerry Needam, would be so appointed.
Other
persons appointed by Wike included Dr. A. J. Beredugo as Senior Special
Assistant on Research and Documentation; Gilbert Nria and Imeh Fubara,
as Senior Special Assistants, office of the Deputy Governor.
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