Bishop Ifeanyi Nwoye Appointed New Enugu Deputy Governor

                              

Enugu State House of Assembly, Thursday, confirmed the presiding Bishop of the Christ Ascension Church, Enugu, Rev. Raphael Ifeanyi Nwoye as the new Deputy Governor for the state.

Until his nomination and clearance, Nwoye was the Bishop in charge of Christ Ascension Church, Ugwuaji, Enugu and a member of Enugu State Pilgrims Welfare Board.

Bishop Nwoye is from Ishiogbo Nara in Nkanu East local government area of the state as the ousted Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi.

He served as Deputy Chairman of Nkanu East council, Caretaker Committee chairman of the same council and also as Commissioner for Environment under Governor Chimaroke Nnamani administration.

Gov. Sullivan Chime forwarded a letter to the State Assembly notifying it of the appointment of Nwoye as replacement for Onyebuchi, who was impeached on Tuesday.

Speaker of the House, Mr. Eugene Odo at the sitting of the Assembly, read the Governor’s letter on the floor of the House after a plenary session that had earlier deliberated on the bill for the Control of Nomadic Cattle Rearing in Enugu State and Other Matters Related Thereto, 2014 which second reading was stepped down last Tuesday.

The Speaker told the House that the state would not operate in a vacuum without having a deputy Governor since the former deputy had been impeached, saying that nature abhorred vacuum.

The House went on recess for some minutes and reconvened for the screening and confirmation of the nominee which was speedily done.

Before clearing the deputy governor designate, Leader of the House,Hon. Sunday  Udeh-Okoye, said that Rev. Nwoye had already been in government and was not somebody whose credentials would be questioned by the House, hence, he should be cleared immediately.

John Anichukwu, member representing Nkanu East Constituency where Nwoye hails from, urged the House to ask the new deputy governor to take a bow since he was a known figure who has held and is still holding government
positions till date.

Shortly after the deputy governor designate took a bow, the House quickly screened, confirmed and cleared him for the position.

Vanguard Report