President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has nominated the Managing Director of Anambra State Investment Promotion and Protection Agency (ANSIPPA), Mr Mark Okoye, as the pioneer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of South East Development Commission (SEDC).
Mr Okoye’s name is contained in a new list of nominees forwarded by the President to the National Assembly for screening and confirmation.
Mark Okoye served as a Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning under in the immediate-past administration in Anambra State, after serving as a Senior Special Assistant to the governor in that same role, earning his place as one of the youngest political appointees in Anambra’s history.
The new South East Development Commission aims to promote dynamic infrastructural development and sustainable economic growth in the South East region, and address the appalling legacies of the Nigerian Civil War, while tackling emerging challenges and laying the roadmap for a more secure and prosperous future for the South East.
In an adjusted list sent to the senate by the president equally appointed Hon. Emeka Atuma as chairman of the commission.
Other members are Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah, Hon. Okey Ezenwa, Chief Hyacinth Ikpor, Hon. Donatus Eyinnah Nwankpa, Barr. Ifeanyi Agwu Ph.D, Nasiru Usman and Hamma Adama Ali Kumo.
The additional nominees are Edward David Onoja, Orure Kufre Inima and Chief (Mrs.) Joke Adebayo-Chukwuma.
Prince Obinna Obiekweihe, Executive Director (Projects); Sen. Anthony O. Agbo, Executive Director, Finance and Administration; and Dr. Daniel Ikechukwu Ugwuja, Executive Director (Corporate Services), were also nominated.
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