The Rivers Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has appointed several board members for various agencies and named Mr Samuel Nwanosike as Chairman of the Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) board.
The appointment is contained in a statement signed by Prof. Ibibia Worika, Secretary to the Government and issued to newsmen on Thursday in Port Harcourt.
Recall that Nwanosike was a former chairman of Ikwerre local government area of the state.
Other appointments include Mr Wokoma Ibimina, as Managing Director of the RIWAMA, Mr Okey Wali (SAN) as the Chairman, Rivers State University Governing Council board, and Mr Samuel Ogeh, Chairman, Rivers State Universal Basic Education Commission board.
Others are Mr Tony Egwurugwu as the Chairman, Rivers State Senior Secondary Education Board, while Prof. Princewill Chike will serve as Chairman, Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Program.
Prof. Adolphus Toby is also appointed as Chairman, Rivers State Microfinance Agency while Dr Sampson Parker (former Commissioner for Health) becomes the Chairman, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital Board.