Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has approved the appointment of Prof. Nimibofa Ayawei as secretary to the state government (SSG).
He also named Dr. Peter Pereotubo Akpe as the chief of staff (CoS) of Government House.
A press release by his chief press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, explained that Mr. Irorodamie Komonibo was appointed as the new deputy chief of staff (DCoS), Government House while Alabrah retained his position as CPS from the governor’s first tenure.
The governor’s spokesman stated that the appointments take immediate effect.
Until this new appointment, Nimibofa Ayawei, a professor of analytical chemistry, technocrat, public servant and university teacher was the executive chairman of the Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue, a position he has occupied since 2016.
