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Cabinet: Soludo submits 35 names to Anambra Assembly

Anambra State G o v e r n o r, Charles Soludo, yesterday sent a list of twenty persons as commissioner-designates to the state House of Assembly. He also submitted fifteen more names as special advisers that were approved through voice vote by the lawmakers present. Soludo had on the day of inauguration announced that the list of his commissioners would be made available to the legislature one or two weeks after his swearing in. The list, which had one commissioner-designate per local government area, left Idemili North Local Government vacant and is being canvassed that the position of Idemili North may have been vacant due to the appointment of Prof.

Solo Chukwulobelu as is the secretary to the state government (SSG). But there is no official statement on the absence of a commissioner-designate for the local government area. Speaker of the House Uche Okafor, announced the names during plenary while reading a letter from Governor Soludo dated March 28. Okafor said the governor also sent another letter requesting the confirmation of 15 special adviser nominees. The speaker, however, asked the House Committee on Screening to screen the commissioner-nominees. The majority leader moved a motion for the confirmation of the 15 special advisers and they were approved after a voice-vote.

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