The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has approved the appointment of Chief Barrister Sylvester Okonkwo as his Chief of Staff.
The former Akwa Ibom State governor also named Saviour Enyiekere (PhD) as the Deputy Chief of Staff.
Chief Okonkwo attended Dennìs Memorial Grammar School Onitsha in today’s Anambra State and he is also an alumni of the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus where he bagged a Bachelor Degree in Law (LL.B. Hons. B.L).
He hails from Ojoto in Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, South-East region of Nigeria.
He is a corporate lawyer and an astute politician spanning more than two decades. He was a senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.
Until his appointment, Okonkwo was the CEO of Chinto Technologies Limited, an ICT and telecommunications outfit.
He is happily married to Chief (Barr) Mrs. Chidiebele Okonkwo LL.B, (Hons.) B.L with kids.
The Deputy Chief of Staff, Enyiekere (PhD) hails from Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
He is an alumni of the University of Calabar and the deputy Director General of the Godswill Akpabio Senatorial Campaign Organisation.
He is a former two-term Executive Chairman of Ika LGA, former Senior Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom State Government on Boundaries and Conflict Resolutions, former Board Member, Akwa Ibom State Road Maintenance Agency, former student leader and former Senatorial Aspirant, Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District.
He is member, Nigerian Environmental Society, Fellow Institute of Chartered Economist of Nigeria and Professional Fellow, Emergency Crisis, Risk and Safety Management Institute of Nigeria. He is happily married with kids.
Recall that Senator Akpabio polled 63 votes to emerge President of the 10th Senate, defeating his lone challenger, Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara State, who secured 46 votes in a keenly contested election on Jun 13, 2023 prior to the inauguration of the 10th Senate.
