Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, on Wednesday, reshuffled his cabinet, swearing-in a new head of service, six new commissioners, and reassigning three others.
Gov. Mbah also assigned portfolios to the new appointees following the administration of oath of office on them by a representative of the Ministry of Justice, Chizoba Ogbodo, at the State Executive Council Chamber, Government House, Enugu.
The newly sworn-in appointees are Dr. Godwin Anigbo, as the head of service, Benjamin Okoh, commissioner for works and infrastructure; Prof. Benedett Okoli, commissioner for human development and poverty eradication, and Enyinna Ogbonna, commissioner for energy and mineral resources.
Others include Dr. Samuel Ogbu-Nwobodo, commissioner for trade, investment, and industry, Prof. George Ugwu, commissioner for health, and Ben Ndu Jr., who was designated as the commissioner for water resources.
Meanwhile, Dr. Felix Nnamani was reassigned from the Ministry of Water Resources to the Ministry of Labour and Employment as commissioner, Dr. Malachy Agbo was reassigned from the Ministry of Human Development and Poverty Eradication to the Ministry of Information, while the former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Gerald Otiji, is now the commissioner for housing.
Speaking on the occasion, Gov. Mbah charged the appointees to hit the ground running, stressing that there would be no honeymoon period for them.
He said the administration had in two years steered high expectations among the people of the state as well as Nigerians in general and could not lower its performance across sectors.
“You would soon notice that here in Enugu, we have steered such a high expectation among our people. And every day, it feels as though we are presenting a scorecard.
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“Therefore, you have to hit the ground running, as there will be no honeymoon period for you, unfortunately.
“We set targets, we set goals, and we have key performance indicators, we have measurable indicators.
“Hence, we have to measure and we have to constantly take an analysis of where you are in respect to the set goals and what your results are.
“Those key performance indicators are key to us, and we will measure you based on these outcomes and results,” the governor stated.
He further charged the appointees to work as a team, in line with the established cultures of the administration.
“We also recognise teamwork champions. We do not encourage working in silos. You have to work as a team. We believe that by working as a team, we are able to accomplish our collective goals.
“You should not see your colleagues as rivals. They should actually complement your efforts instead.
“Our modest accomplishment in the state so far is not done by a single champion. We like to recognise our successes as team efforts,” he added.
