Etsako West LGA Gets Additional Commissioner’s Slot , Special Adviser On Oil And Gas Portfolio
By DADA AYOKHAI
Edo state governor , Senator Monday Okpeholo has approved an additional commissioner’s slot for Etsako west local government area of the state.
In the same vein, the Governor also appointed a Special Adviser on Oil and Gas from the same Etsako west local government .area.
The governor’s approval of the new commissioner position for Etsako West was contained in a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr. Musa Umar Ikhilor.
The letter also revealed the appointments of four other commissioners, resulting in a significant increase in the number of the governor’s commissioners .
Alhaji Yakubu Musa, affectionately known as Yakson, is the new commissioner nominee, while Barrister Kassimu Otono will serve as a Special Adviser to the governor on Oil and Gas.
Recall that immediately after his swearing-in, Gov Okpebholo went about constituting his cabinet
In the first batch of the list of his commissioners was Dr Cyril Oshiomole, the son of the former governor of the state and now the Senator representing the Edo North district in the Senate, Senator Adams Oshiomole.
Borderline News 24*, gathered from reliable sources that the decision to nominate Alhaji Yakubu Musa, a former chairman of Etsako west LGA whose tenure of office was cut short through unlawful removal, as a commissioner was a consensus reached after a heated caucus meeting among APC leaders in the Etsako West council area.
Similarly it was gathered the decision to appoint Barrister Kassimu Otono to replace Mr. Felix, who was recently sacked from his duty post as a Special Adviser on Oil and Gas by the governor was a sole decision of Governor Okpebholo.
