Governor
Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appointed the wife of President
Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience Jonathan, as one of the seventeen new
Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service.
Jonathan, according to a statement from the Office of
the Head of Service, Mrs. Gloria Izonfo, on Wednesday, was appointed
alongside 16 senior civil servants. The statement was read on the state
radio.
“By the constitutional power conferred on the state
governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson, in section 203 sub-section 2c, Dame
Patience Jonathan and seventeen others have been elevated to the
position of Permanent Secretary in the state civil service,” Izonfo
said.
Our correspondent, however, reports that the
appointment has stirred a controversy in the state with some Bayelsans
expressing misgivings about the appointment.
The other seventeen permanent secretaries are: Mr.
J.E. Oye, Samson Ayibeboa, Mrs. Antonia Koroye, Ziwari Billie,
Buruboyefa John, Dikuro Ayebameh, Serge Williams, Olu Kuruom, G.I.Izein,
Mrs.Philomena Alodie, Dr. Omietimi Kojo, Ese Izonebi, Ohougha Maythias,
James Clinton, Mrs. Linnet Tebepah, Moses Teibowei, Dr. A. Sanayi and
Vivian Odiwei.
Hmmmn, first time in history, first lady/permanent secretary. Congrats ma'am
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