The Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), has appointed chairmen and members of eight boards, the Rivers State University Governing Council, to be chaired by former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Okey Wali, SAN.
Similar appointments were made for the boards of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, with a former Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr Sampson Parker, as Chairman, while Prof. Chizindu Alikor was retained as the Chief Medical Director.
Also, a former chairman of the Ikwerre Local Government Area, Dr Samuel Nwanosike, an ally of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was appointed chairman of the board of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency, while Wokoma Amakiri was appointed managing director.
The appointments were contained in a Special Government Announcement issued on Wednesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika.
The statement partly reads, “His Excellency, Vice Admiral (retd.) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, CFR, the Administrator of Rivers State, has approved the appointment of the members of the following Boards:”