Wike Appoints Ex- Minister As SSG

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,
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