Akpabio makes first appointment, names chief of staff, others
Akpabio makes first appointment, names chief of staff, others
By The Parliament Dairy
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has approved the appointment of Chief Barrister Sylvester Okonkwo as his Chief of Staff.
He has also appointed Saviour Enyiekere who hails from Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State as his Deputy Chief of Staff.
In a statement from his Media office, Chief Okonkwo attended Dennìs Memorial Grammar School Onitsha and he is also an alumni of the University of Nigeria, Enugu campus where he bagged a Bachelor Degree in Law. (LL.B. Hons. B.L)
He hails from Ojoto in Idemili South LGA of Anambra State, South East region of Nigeria.
He is a corporate lawyer and an astute politician spanning more than two decades. He was a senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.
Until his appointment, Okonkwo was the CEO of Chinto Technologies Limited, an ICT and telecommunications outfit.
He is happily married to Chief (Barr) Mrs. Chidiebele Okonkwo LL.B, (Hons.) B.L with kids.
On his part, Saviour Enyiekere is an alumni of the University of Calabar and the deputy Director General of the Godswill Akpabio Senatorial Campaign Organisation.
He is a former two term Executive Chairman of Ika LGA, former Senior Special Assistant to Akwa Ibom State Government on Boundaries and Conflict Resolutions, former Board Member, Akwa Ibom State Road Maintenance Agency, former student leader and former Senatorial Aspirant, Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District.
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