- Safiu Kehinde
A Rivers State Local Goverment Chairman, Chijioke Ihunwo, has caused outrage after announcing the appointment of 130 Special Assistants.
Ihunwo had in a post on his X handle announced the appointment of the Special Assistants who he listed in the post.
The Obio/Akpor LG chairman charged the new appointees to serve diligently in the interest of the local government
“I have appointed the following persons as my Special Assistants.
They are:
1. HELEN NYEKWERE
2. JOSEPHINE WOGU
3. DAISY WORGU
4. WAGWU AMAOGE HILDA
5. OGBONNA EZINNE STELLA
6. GOODNESS OGBONDA
7. IROANYA NANCY N.
8. DORATHY OTUONYE WAIBIEKWU
9. MRS. GRACE AMADI
10. EVELYN OKOLO
11. FAVOUR WOPARA UCHE
12. EDE AGNES
13. BLESSING WORLU
14. EKE STELLA
15. ADEWOYIN M. LATIFAT
16. ORLU GRACE OLUCHI
17. JENNIFER HUMPHREY
18. RACHAEL MORRIS
19. SYLVERLINE OLUCHI
20. WOSU ELIZABETH OBINUCHI
21. FORTUNE IHUOMA ISI
22. LEONA HUMPHREY
23. OGOR OMASIRICHI
24. SARIMA HEPHZIBAH C.
25. ROSE AMADI
26. JULIET EKE SARIMA
27. PATIENCE CHISA WOKOMA
28. MAIRO ZAKARI
29. VIVIAN CLINTON
30. EMILIA SEIBIDOR
31. GODKNOWS ECHEM
32. DEREGO EKINE
33. TIMOTHY CHIKE
34. OMEZI GOSPEL ANAEBOM
35. NYECHE VISION OKAGWA
36. BEN C. CHINDA
37. EDNA HAPPINESS MALUMI
38. WOBO REN DWIGHT
39. STANLEY AMADI
40. ERIC AKANINIWO
41. NDUKA WOBO
42. SOLOMON WALI A.
43. AJOKU EMEKA NDUBUISI
44. EMENIKE OKOBUEZE DAVID
45. AMARACHI GRACE AMADI
46. CHIJIOKE OWABIE
47. JOSEPH IWEALA
48. JOHN CHIKA
49. ADINUSOR NELLY UGONMA
50. CHIKA ANDERSON AMADI
51. FREDERICK EKWE
52. WOSU CHERISH CHIOMA
53. WAGWU HENRY U.
54. BARISI KELVIN
55. BEKEE CHARLES LEERABARI
56. WISDOM OCHONMA
57. NMECHA USMAN HOMAKWOKWO
58. LUCKY WOBO
59. BENJAMIN CHINYERE VIVIAN
60. NYECHE NNE RACHAEL
61. PRINCE ARIES EBERENDU
62. CLINES WOPARA
63. NEWWORLD ICHEGBO
64. CHIZI CHAPSON CHIZI
65. GRACE AMADI
66. GOODLUCK WASURU
67. SAMPSON BUDUKA LAMBERT
68. VICTOR N CHINDAH
69. BLESSING CHINDA
70. IHUNWO JESSICA M.
71. IBEMERU GLORY CHITURU
72. CHIKA LUCKY DICKSON
73. NSIRIM ROY MAMABA
74. OBODO MONDAY CHRISTOPHER
75. KINGSLEY CHIBUZOR OBASI
76. JUSTICE OGWUTUM AMECHI
77. MABEL NNE T WENIKE
78. JULIET OLEJURU UKPABI
79. LAWRENCE UPABI UCHECHI MERCY
80. EBERECHI KATE UKPABI
81. PEACE VICTOR
82. NGOZI OBISIKE
83. BEATRICE MAHA ONYEKA CHRISTIAN ORUPABO
84. OBILE CHILE
85. AYAH HOMA VICTORIA
86. WACHUKWU FYNAH EMMANUEL
87. ERUCHI CHIMA NWACHUKWU
88. ECHEONWU PATIENCE NDIDI
89. SILVERLINE ADELE
90. IRENE NANNA
91. WOPARA STELLA OGUNDU
92. OKENE DORATHY
93. OKENE CYNTHIA UCHECHI
94. MAUREEN OKECHI OKWU
95. HAPPINESS OKWU
96. CHIMENEM FUTURE WAGULA
97. PEACE WOKO
98. VIVIAN CHIZI GEORGE
99. NKIRUKA CHINDA
100. AMADI MAUREEN
101. ANTY O. WOSU
102. AMADI PATIENCE NNAJI
103. CHINOYE GIFT OHURU
104. AMADI RITA GODSWILL
105. NDIDI PATIENCE NKIRU
106. OWHUNDA OLOGHI
107. TOCHI NODI VICTOR
108. CHUKWUEMEKA GOODNESS .C.
109. AHMED ABDULLAHI
110. JOHNSON .O. JEMIMA
111. NKECHI STELLA WORLU
112. GRACE OKENE
113. CHUKWUEMEKA GOODNEWS
114. ELENWO OGBONDA FLORENCE
115. BEAUTY IBUCHI WACHUKWU
116. PRECIOUS WOKAMA
117. ROSEMARY ELEWA
118. JUSTINA OHURU
119. HAPPINESS NYECHE
120. FAVOUR NGOZI WACHUKWU
121. AMADI LIZZY CHILE
122. ADAURE ODU
123. EKE ZITA
124. WACHUKWU JOSEPHINE OYINDA
125. REJOICE IHUOMA WAHURULO
126. FRANK OGBONDA
127. BEAUTY OLUNWO ENYINDAH
128. GLORIA MORGAN
129. PRECIOUS AKANI
130. GIFT ANTHONY
“I congratulate them, and call on them to serve diligently, in the interest of Obio/Akpor local government.
“Their appointments takes immediate effect.” Chijioke wrote.
The mammoth appointment by the Chairman has generated outrage from netizens.
While some expressed their disbelief with the number of appointees, others trolled the Chairman.
“What’s with you people and flamboyance? A Local Government Chairman with 130 SA…as in 130 persons serving him What then would be your duty?” @EmekaEK wrote
“This is very unnecessary and if you need 130 people to assist you in governance to function properly then you have no business being there.” @DesmondTobeOris
“I want hear you employed 130 nurses, doctors, pharmacists and health officials. I want to hear you built 3 women and children hospitals. You be complete Idiot” @Ehis_Bukaty
“Politics in Nigeria has turn to jamboree. A local government chairman appointing 130 as his AS and also have numerous people as his SSA already . So all these 130 special Assistant on what portfolio will they operate. This is the linkage we are talking about in Nigeria politics”@Nwakwo Frank
“Obio/Akpor LGA in Rivers State has 17 wards, yet the chairman employs 130 personal assistants. Na wa o” @Pst Okezie
“Congratulations sir. This list is too small. Add 100 more SAs and employ 280 PAs too.”@Horlartunjee1
“I’m part of the Local Govt system in Anambra and I understand what he did here. The usefulness of this large army is during election time. They’re the Chairman’s foot soldiers and by extension the Governor’s army. 80% of them won’t have an office or desk space at the Secretariat.” @Tony Odogwu