Ahead of the May 29, 2023,
handover, the Enugu State Governor-elect, Dr. Peter Mbah, has named Ike Chioke,
Dr. Joe Abah, Prof. Chidi Onyia, Prof Chinedu Nebo and 60 others as members of
his Transition Committee.
The Committee includes
internationally-recognised technocrats, good governance, transparency and
accountability advocates, financial and management experts, entrepreneurs, as
well as tech and innovation specialists.
The Governor-elect said the
Transition Committee would help articulate and fine-tune the incoming
administration’s “implementable and impactful development plan” when it assumes
office in May.
The Transition Committee members,
as contained in a statement issued on Monday by the head of the Peter Mbah
Media Office, Dan Nwomeh, will streamline the State development plan in line
with Mbah’s “Social Charter” with Ndi Enugu.
He said the Charter aims at
repositioning the state as one of the top three states in Nigeria in terms of
Gross Domestic Product per capita, while addressing poverty, unemployment, and
insecurity.
The committee will be chaired by
Ike Chioke, an engineer, renowned investment banker, and Group Managing
Director of Afrinvest (West Africa) Ltd. He is also the President of the
Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria, Chief Executive Officer of Triple-A
Infrastructure Nigeria Ltd, and Chairman of Royal Exchange General Insurance
Company. Mr. Chioke has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry,
project and structured finance, debt and equity capital markets, media, telecommunications,
financial services, and industrial reform.
Other committee members are the
Country Director of DAI Nigeria, an international development company and
former Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in Nigeria, Dr.
Joe Abah; the Managing Director of United Kingdom Nigeria Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (UK-NIAF), Prof Chidi Onyia; a former Minister of Power,
Prof. Chinedu Nebo; a former Chief Executive Officer of Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Nigeria and West Africa and current Chairman of Execution Edge, Ken Igbokwe; a
former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo; a former Executive
Director at First Bank and Founder, Krystle Group, Mrs. Christy Okoye.
The Transition Committee members
include the Director, Industrial and Trade Development at the African
Development Bank (AFDB), Dr. Abdu Mukhtar; the Director, Africa Growth
Initiative at the Brookings Institutions, Dr. Aloysius Ardu; a renowned
transporter and university proprietor, Chief Dr. Sam Onyishi; President of the
Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria, Mr. Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu; a
former Commissioner at the Nigeria Electricity
Regulatory Commission and
Co-Founder, Excredite, Mr. Eyo Ekpo; former CEO at Neconde Gas, Engr. Frank
Edozie; the Group CEO, PanAfrican Capital Holdings Ltd, Chris Oshiafi, and
foreign direct investment promoter, Mr. Andrew Thorburn.
Also included are the Vice
Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University, Prof. Christian Anieke; Mrs. Ijeoma
Emezie-Ezigbo (KPMG), Kingsley Eze (Tenece), Prof. Obiamaka Egbo (USAID), Chief
Chinedu Anih (Coal City University), Mr. Chuka Mordi (Ellah Lakes), Dr. Nnenna
Mba-Oduwusi (InSiGHT Health), Dr. Dorothy Jeff-Nnamani (Nova Health), Mrs.
Modupe Adefeso-Olateju (The Education Partnership Centre), Mrs. Nneka Okekearu
(Pan African University), Mr. Joseph Aneke (Transnetwork), Mr. Tobenna Erojikwe
(The Law Crest), and Mr. Obi Ozor (Kobo 360).
Also on the list are Monsignor
Prof. Obiora Ike, Prof. Joy Ezeilo, SAN, Prof Chris Ohuruogu, Mr. Ikeazor
Akaraiwe, SAN, Lady Ada Chukwudozie, Dr. Simon Gusah, Mr. Aronu Ugochukwu, Mr.
Gerald Asogwa, Mr. George Agu, Dr. O. J. Mbonu, Mr. Chinedu Ani, Mr. Chris
Roberts Ngwu, Mr. Chinedu Eze, Barr. Osinachi Nnajieze, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, Mr.
Dubem Njeze and Engr. Barr. Steve Avah.
Others are Mr. Obi Asika, Mr.
Oliver Nnona, Dr. Andreas Gebauer, Mr. Chibuzo Okafor, Mr. Victor Edeh, Mr.
Obinna Ike, Dr. Damian Ozoani, Ms. Vivian Ngozi Ani, Mr. Arinze Chilo-Offiah,
Mr. Mike Ogbuekwe, Mr. Osita Onuma, Mr. Emeka Onyebuchi, Mrs. Rita Mbah, Mr.
Nkenna Emehelu and Mr. Emeka Ani.
The Director General of the State
PDP Campaign Council/Peter Mbah Campaign Organization, Chief Ikeje Asogwa;
Deputy Director General (Enugu North Zone) and former Secretary to the State
Government, Dr. Dan Shere; Deputy Director General (Enugu West Zone) and former
ranking member of the House of Representatives for Ezeagu/Udi Federal
Constituency, Rt. Hon. Chief Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi; and Deputy Director General
(Enugu East Zone) and former State Commissioner for Finance, Hon. Deacon
Okechukwu Ogbodo are also members of the committee.
Nextier, a multi-competency
advisory firm led by Patrick Okigbo III, will provide technical support and
policy advisory to the Transition Committee.
The statement said the committee
would commence work upon inauguration on April 27, 2023, and end on May 29,
2023.
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