Governors of the South East Zone have appointed retired Major General Ike Nwachukwu as the Chairman of the South East delegates to the National Conference.
The new Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State, announced this in Enugu on Thursday at the end of the meeting of the delegates from the zone.
Orji said that the governors had also appointed Monsignor Obiora Ike of the Catholic Church as deputy to Nwachukwu at the conference.
Orji said that each state of the zone had also nominated a leader to champion its affairs at the conference.
He disclosed that Nwachukwu was nominated from Abia State; Dr. Dozie Ikedife, Anambra State; former Governor, Dr. Sam Egwu, for Ebonyi State; former Senate President, Chief Ken Nnamani, Enugu State; and Dr. Ezekiel Izuogu, Imo State.
Orji added: “There shall be a secretariat for the South East delegates, to be headed by Prof. George Obiozo.
“Each of the South East states shall nominate two persons to serve at the secretariat.
“The five South East states shall bear the cost of running the secretariat.”
The new chairman said that the governors also advised the delegates to work together as a group, in the overall interest of the nation.
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