Edo State Government has appointed Mr. Sylvester Oboh, Senior Staff of the Bendel Newspapers Corporation, Publishers of The Observer Titles, as Interim Head of the Corporation.
A letter dated November 18 and signed by Dr Desmond F. Agbama, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication and Orientation, states that Mr Oboh’s appointment became necessary following the dissolution of political appointments in the establishment by Governor Monday Okpebholo.
The document further adds that the appointment will subsist pending the appointment of a substantive General Manager for the Corporation.
Earlier, during a meeting convened by the Permanent Secretary which had in attendance top management staff of the Ministry and staff of the Bendel Newspapers Corporation, members of staff on assignment beats in various MDAs were recalled to the Ministry and informed of the new development, the directive by government for all staff to return to the Corporation, with a further directive to…