Edo Assembly clears Obaseki’s six commissioner nominees

The Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has cleared six commissioner-nominees whose names were recently sent to the House by Governor Godwin Obaseki in a major cabinet reshuffle.

The commissioner-nominees are Damian Lawani; Joe Ikpea; Felix Akhabue; Moses Agbakor; Momoh Oise Omorogbe and Marie Edeko.

They were cleared by the House Screening Committee chaired by Hon. Roland Asoro.

During its plenary session at the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex, in Benin City, on Monday, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Frank Okiye, formally introduced the cleared commissioner-nominees to the House.

The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Okiye tasked them to justify the confidence reposed in them, saying “see your new assignment as a call to service and to join the Godwin Obaseki-led administration in moving Edo State to enviable heights.”

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