Obiano Appoints Obaze SSG, Others

Governor Willy Obiano
of Anambra State has inaugurated Mr Oseloka Obaze as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) following his retention in that position from the Peter Obi administration.
Obiano also inaugurated Prof. Joseph Asike as his Chief of Staff, and Mr Willy Nwaokoye as the Principal Secretary to the governor.
Speaking at the ceremony, Obiano said the appointees were capable hands who had done well in their private careers and would carry out their tasks dutifully.
“The task ahead is huge, we need the best of hands and I believe they will deliver,’’ the governor said.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, Oseloka thanked the governor for the honour done to them, saying they would work to meet the expectations of the governor to surmount the challenges of governance in the state.
The oaths of allegiance and office were administered on the appointees by the Solicitor-General of the State, Mrs Tina Emekekwue.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State House of Assembly  has pledged its support for the newly inaugurated Willy Obiano-led administration in the state, to ensure that the state government achieve greater heights.
The Speaker of the House gave the pledge in an interview with newsmen in Awka.
“I will ensure that the legislature, which I am the head, will stop at nothing in supporting every good intention of the governor for the common good of the Anambra people.
“All I am asking Anambra people is to support him, they could criticise him with love when need be for the future of our children and generation unborn.
“This is necessary so that our state can make a great history” she said.
The speaker said that the immediate past governor of the state, Chief Peter Obi, had done “very well in all sectors of the state’s economy.”
Nwaebili, therefore, advised the new governor to build on the structures on ground.
Mr Oseloka Obaze, the Secretary to the State Government, who also spoke with our correspondent called on the people to rally round the governor by giving him necessary support to move  the state forward.
“I am confident that with God, the sky is the limit to what  this government will do to better the lot of the people. All we need is their support,” he said.
He said that the inauguration of Obiano as the governor of the state marked the beginning of a good thing to come in Anambra .
Chief Nathaniel Uzoma, Ekiti State Chairman, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, said that the people of Anambra had shown that there was strength in unity by their presence during the inauguration of Obiano.
He called on Igbos to be united where ever they lived for the development of Igbo land and the country at large.
Mr Alex Ezeobi,  Ohaneze National Youth Leader, called on Igbo youths to be responsive and sensitive to issues affecting their race and be politically enlightened to face their challenges with optimism.
Mr Allison Anadi, President of Anambra indigenes in America, said that the group would give every support to the government of Anambra to ensure that the growth of the state “from strength to strength”.