Ugwuanyi appoints APC chieftain as Commissioner in Enugu

The Enugu State governor, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has appointed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peter Okonkwo as a Commissioner in the state.
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Ugwuanyi, a governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), nominated Peter Okonkwo, an engineer and the elder brother of Kenneth, a Nollywood actor, who has spent a better part of his adult life in the United States, to the State Assembly on December 7, 2017 for screening and confirmation.
Reacting to the appointment of OKonkwo, who is said to be a strong critic of Ugwuanyi’s administration, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Edward Ubosi said that the House has approved the appointment of Okonkwo as commissioner designate as contained in a message brought before the Assembly.
Peter who was a former governorship aspirant on the platform of the in Alliance for Democracy (AD), said before he was confirmed that he started his political journey in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) adding that he was currently in APC.
He said that he held PDP in a high esteem adding that PDP was the only party in West Africa that conceded defeat to opposition party.
The commissioner designate said that he would bring humility of service to the state adding that he came to learn and impact his own idea for the development of the state.
He explained that if confirmed that he would maintain and uphold the existing relationship between the executive and the legislature.
A lawmaker, Mathew Ugwueze in his contribution said that the commissioner designate was an experienced politician and that he would inject a new idea that would move the state forward.
The Leader of the Assembly, Hon Ikechukwu Ezeugwu moved a motion for the confirmation of the commissioner designate while the deputy leader Hon Onyinye Ugwu seconded the motion.
In the same vein, The Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Chief Donatus Uzogbado commended Governor Ugwuanyi for the 13th month salary he paid to all the civil servants in the state.