Imo gets Foreign Affairs Ministry, as Uzodinma swears in 23 Commissioners, 89 others

TRACKING____Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has sworn-in 23 Commissioners and 89 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants.

This is also as Imo State gets a new Ministry for Foreign and International Affairs to be manned by Mr. Fabian Ihekweme.

Performing the ceremony Monday, the governor urged the new appointees to bring to the fore, their wealth of experience to drive the shared vision of prosperity of his administration which is anchored on the 3Rs of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Recovery.

Speaking at the swearing-in of commissioners and inauguration of other appointees of his administration on Monday at the Ahiajoku International Convention Centre, Governor Uzodinma called on the appointees to see their appointments as a privilege they could not afford to abuse.

He said: “It is important that you don’t take the oath of office as a mere ritual, you must take every word there seriously. You owe it a duty to Imo people and God to ensure that you don’t fail in your assignment. You are now a magnifying glass with which the public will see our government.”

He warned that he will not hesitate to sack any appointee who indulges in actions that will smear the image of the government in any form or shape.

The governor added: “Your actions and inactions going forward from today matters a lot. All those things you have done in the past that do not matter before, matter now. You must watch what you say or do as a government representative. Any action that is capable of bringing government to ridicule will be unacceptable to us.”