Ugwuanyi swears-in late Ekweremadu’s widow, others as Commissioners
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Friday swore-in Mrs Stella Ekweremadu, late Matthias Ekweremadu’s widow, and four others as Commissioners in the State Civil Service Commission.
Matthias, the younger brother of former Dep. Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, died in active service in February as the Commissioner for Transport.
Other members of the commission are Dr Eucharia Offor, Mr Nathaniel Anike and Mrs Joy Odike, while Mr Robinson Odo, a retired Permanent Secretary, is the Chairman.
In a brief remark, Ugwuanyi urged the commissioners to be honest, transparent, accountable, fair, just and committed in the discharge of the commission’s mandate.
According to him, they are expected to midwife a skilled, competent and disciplined workforce that will ensure the attainment of service delivery goals of the administration through merit, skill and character driven recruitment.
He said the commissioners were recommended for the job by their enviable track records, competencies and training.
The governor also swore-in commissioners in the reconstituted Enugu State Local Government Service Commission with Professor of Political Science and renowned Consultant, Prof. Osy Okanya, as the Chairman.
Other members of are Mr Rodrick Ugwu, Mr Peter Nnaji, Mrs Florence Igboji and Mr Eugene Odo.
Ugwuanyi urged the commissioners to evolve an effective means to deal with the high level absenteeism and truancy among local government workers.
He said the commissioners’ immediate task was to recreate a disciplined, robust, dedicated, well-equipped and well-motivated local government workforce to enhance productivity and optimal service delivery.
He expressed optimism that their diverse experiences and competencies would bring the desired positive results toward the development of the state.
The former permanent secretary, who responded on behalf of others, assured the governor that they would work diligently to fully actualise the mandate of their respective commissions.
