Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has approved the appointment of Justice Mary Odili, a retired justice of the Supreme Court and wife of former governor of the state, Dr Peter Odili, as the pro-chancellor and chairman, Governing Council of the Rivers State University (RSU).
The governor also approved the appointment of former Super Eagles striker and former Rivers State attorney-general and commissioner for justice, Chief Adokiye Amasiemaka, as the pro-chancellor and chairman, 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 yesterday, 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.
It said the appointments were with immediate effect.
