Assembly Clears Hon. Wemi Jones, Says I’m out for more work
… Clears 17 other commissioner nominees, rectifies 9 others
Hon. Wemi Jones, has successfully scaled the Kogi State House of Assembly on Wednesday, promised more work.
Speaking after the screening, Hon. Jones said he will give his best in the discharge of his assignment, promised not to disappoint Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo for the nomination.
Though he said he is yet to know the Ministry he will be assigned to work, assured that his lifestyle of passionately committed to delivering service, would be reenacted, promise to work harder.
He thanked Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo for the appointment, promised to justify the confidence reposed on him by the Governor, expressed confidence in the ability of the Governor to meet with the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the State.
With the screening, the State House of Assembly has finally screened 17 Commissioner Nominees and nine other Nominees with portfolios nominated by the new State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo.
The Nigerian Post reports that among the 17 screened commissioner nominees, 7 are returnees while 10 are new ones.
The seven commissioner returnees are: Salami Ozigi-Deedat, Bashiru Abubakar-Gegu, Wemi Jones, Kingsley Fanwo, Timothy Ojoma, Asiwaju Idris-Asiru and Mohammed Abdulmutalib.
The nine new commissioner nominees screened by the house are: Farouk Danladi,
Adams Abdulaziz, Joseph Oluwasegun-Stephen (JOS), Muzi Yinusa-Abdullahi, Rabiatu Okute,
Fatima Momoh, Mohammed Yusuf,
Sunday Faleke and Abanika Taye
Other nominees with portfolios, whose names were sent to the house for confirmation are: Ali Bello – Chief of Staff to the governor, Hilary Ojoma – Deputy Chief of Staff, Elijah Evinemi – Head of service.
Jerry Omodara – State Security Adviser and Isah Ismail – Special Adviser on Media.
The rest are: Sulaiman Ibrahim – Director General Protocol, Oladele John Nihi – Chief Press Secretary,
Shaibu Oricha – Director General Government House Administration and Femi Adegboyega – State Legal Adviser.
Sequel to time lag as claimed by the house, all the 16 commissioner nominees only appeared, introduced themselves and took a bow and left without answering a single question from the lawmakers.
The speaker of the house, Alhaji Umar Yusuf, commended members of the house for a job well done at screening the 25 nominees, whom he described as credible and qualified sons and daughters of Kogi.
Yusuf tasked the nominees to live up to expectations of Gov Ododo, whom he said nominated them to assist him pilot the affairs of the state to greater height.