{"id":74207,"date":"2025-08-26T06:38:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74207"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:38:48","slug":"otti-approves-17-appointments-to-strengthen-governance-in-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/26\/otti-approves-17-appointments-to-strengthen-governance-in-abia\/","title":{"rendered":"Otti Approves 17 Appointments to Strengthen Governance in Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/p>\n<p>Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has approved 17 new appointments across key state institutions and offices in a bid to enhance governance and service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Kalu, said the appointments take immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>Those appointed include Uche Mark Nwosu as Chief Protocol Officer, with Ikechukwu Nwankwo as Deputy Chief Protocol Officer, and Adaeze Ivy Iroegbu as Chief Moderator.<\/p>\n<p>Others in the Protocol Department are Emmanuel Paul Irechi, Amarachi Inyama and Augustine Chukwuebuka as Protocol Officers.<\/p>\n<p>At the Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, Dr. Joe Emeson was named Chairman of the Governing Council, while Dr. (Mrs.) Idowu O. Eluwa becomes Provost.<\/p>\n<p>Iheanyi Frank Chinasa was appointed Chief Liaison Officer\/National Assembly Liaison Officer at the Abia Liaison Office, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor also approved Emmanuel M. Ufomba as Chairman of the Abia State Transport Corporation, alongside Godanswer P. Kalu, Mrs. Salomey Onwu, Kingsley Oriaku and Onyebuchi Nna as members.<\/p>\n<p>Other appointments include Chima Raymond Ukwa as Special Assistant on Sports, Prince Christian Enwerenmadu as Special Adviser on Agriculture, and Mrs. Chinenye Nwaka as Senior Special Assistant on Women Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Otti said the move underscores his administration\u2019s commitment to strengthening public institutions and ensuring efficient governance across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has approved 17 new appointments across key state institutions and offices in a bid to enhance governance and service delivery. A statement on Monday by the Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Kalu, said the appointments take immediate effect. Those appointed include Uche Mark Nwosu as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":74208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74209,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74207\/revisions\/74209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}