{"id":73106,"date":"2023-06-19T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T17:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=73106"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:01:09","slug":"gov-bello-administers-oath-of-office-on-returning-appointees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/gov-bello-administers-oath-of-office-on-returning-appointees\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Bello Administers Oath Of Office On Returning Appointees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026as EXCO receives report on projects, promises completion before end of tenure<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Monday during an Executive Council Meeting, administered oath of office, secrecy and allegiance on five returning appointees of his administration who initially resigned their appointments to seek for elective post in the recently concluded gubernatorial primary elections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73108 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-110x73.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-645x430.jpg 645w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0038-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>The appointees includes the Chief of Staff, Pharm. Abdulkareem Jamiu, Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic planning, Asiwaju Idris Ashiru, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Bar. Deedat Ozigi, Accountant General of the State, Alh. Jubrin Momoh and the Auditor General of the State, Alh. Yakubu Okala.<\/p>\n<p>In a press briefing by the Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, after the Executive Council Meeting, he mentioned that the returning appointees were all charged to continue to be loyal and serve diligently in a bid to move the administration further forward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73109\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73109\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73109\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-110x74.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-420x283.jpg 420w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-638x430.jpg 638w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230619-WA0040-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similarly, Mr. Fanwo briefed that the EXCO received reports on the progress on several projects currently embarked on by the administration, noting that several of these projects were hinted to be in advanced stages while the governor reiterated commitment and determination to ensure completion of all projects before the end of his administration.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Other approvals at the meeting according to the Commissioner includes the Termination of the appointment of the Former Chairman of the Market Board, Mr. Danjuma Ochima who was accused of neglecting duties and promoting the return of filth in the state adding that his replacement would be announced in next few days.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner mentioned also that the EXCO approved a Memo seeking for the establishment of the Directorate of Medical Laboratory Services in the Ministry of Health. He alluded that the creation of the Directorate will create cooperations amongst Medical Laboratory Scientist across the states, particularly in health care institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fanwo also hinted that the council approved a Memo seeking for a law to repel the Prohibition of Kidnapping and other related matters, Law 2015 and be reenacted, Kogi State Prohibition of Kidnapping and other related maters, law 2023. He said that the State Attorney General was further directed by the council to forward the bill to the State House of Assembly adding that the law when passed is aimed at strengthening the criminal justice system of the state and to further nip in the bud, issues of kidnapping, thuggery and other violent crimes.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Monday during an Executive Council Meeting, administered oath of office, secrecy and allegiance on five returning appointees of his administration who initially resigned their appointments to seek for elective post in the recently<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":73107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[765],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-73106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-kogi-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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