His Excellency, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, Governor of Delta State, has approved the appointment of eight public officers as new Permanent Secretaries in the state civil service. A special government announcement signed by Mr. Paul Osahor, a Deputy Director of Information in the Ministry of Information, gave the names of the new Permanent Secretaries as:
1. MR. AFONWA JOSEPH OMEIFE
2. DR. [MRS] LILIAN OMOTEKORO OKPAKO
3. MR. NGOZI AUSTIN MOWAH
4. MR. VALENTINE UCHE OKWUCHI
5. ENGR, ADUA DONATUS UMUKORO
6. MR. ERIC O.E OSHARODE
7. MRS. FELICIA NKEM ADUN
8. MR. EMMANUEL AMU YUGBOVWRE
The date for the Swearing-in of the Permanent Secretaries-Designate will be announced in due course.