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Few hours after his inauguration as the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo has announced the appointment of a lawyer, Musa Ikhilor as the Secretary to State Government, SSG.
He has also nominated Samson Osagie as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; and Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole as Commissioner for Health.
The nomination of Osagie and Oshiomhole will however have to be confirmed by the Edo State House of Assembly.
Ikhilor has over 11 years of experience in Legislative Drafting, Parliamentary Administration, Lawmaking procedure and processes, Constitutional drafting and amendment, and general Legislative Governance issues working in various capacities at the National Assembly.
The nominee for State Attorney-General, Dr. Samson Osagie is a private legal practitioner having been called to the Nigerian Bar on March 22, 1995.
He is also the current Vice President of the African Bar Association (West African Region) and was a two-term member of the Edo State House of Assembly and also the House of Representatives where he rose to the position of the Minority Whip.
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