Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo State, has approved the appointment of sixteen more Special Assistants and Senior Special Assistants into his cabinet.
In a release on Friday, March 13, 2020, signed by his chief press secretary, Oguwuike Nwachukwu, the appointments were with immediate effect.
According to the release, eight of the sixteen appointees were SAs.
Similarly, the Governor will on Monday, March 16, 2020, at the government house, swear in the 22 commissioner-nominees who have been cleared by the State House of Assembly.
‘I Am Governor To Both Christians And Muslims In Imo’ – Uzodinma Declares
In reaction to the controversial inauguration of an Emir in Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, the governor of Imo State says he is a governor to both Christians and Muslims in the state.
Fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Monday, March 2, 2020, the governor stated that the imam, who visited him was a native of Mbaise and a relative of ex-governor Emeka Ihedioha and not an Emir as been speculated. https://dailypost.ng/2020/03/02/imo-uzodinma-explains-why-he-inaugurated-imam/
He said, “The visit by the Muslim community in Imo State to me was a welcomed one.
The new imam is a native of Mbaise, not a northerner. He is a relation of Emeka Ihedioha. I am a governor of both Christians and Muslims.
“So, we should shun everything that will bring division in society.
There are more people from the East that are also Muslims and some Muslims were born in the East and do not know any other place apart from the East.
“So, it is left for the government to devise a means that will accommodate everybody.”
This is coming at a time the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, had urged the Supreme Court to nullify the election of Uzodinma.
Kanu, in a broadcast via Radio Biafra on Sunday, March 1, 2020, had called on the Supreme Court to order a fresh election in the state, stressing that nothing short of a fresh election would be acceptable by the people.
Meanwhile, the apex court had adjourned the ruling in the controversial gubernatorial judgment in Imo state to Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
