Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the appointment of a retired justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and wife of former Governor Dr. Peter Odili, Hon. Justice Mary Odili, as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of the Rivers State University (RSU).
The governor also approved the appointment of a former Super Eagles striker and former Rivers State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Chief Adokiye Amasiemaka, as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE).
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Tammy Danagogo, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday, said Fubara approved the appointment of 10 other persons as members of the RSU Governing Council.
The appointees include: Barrister Mela Oforibika, Chukwuma Chinwo, Adata Bio-Briggs, Dr. Jonathan Nimi Hart and Ngo Martins-Yellowe.
Others are: Dr. Robinson N. Ewoh, Dr. Nancy Nwankwo, Dr. Igoni William-Park and Mr. Ogbugbu Samuel Barisua.
According to the statement, the governor also approved the appointment of six persons as members of the IAUE governing council.
They include: Dr. Iboh Okidim, Professor Jason Osai, Professor Ijeoma F.V. Akpu, Dr. Akabue Godson Ugochukwu, Mrs. Mmeme Gogo-Adiari and Hon. Dominic Sata.
The statement added that the appointments were with immediate effect.
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