Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu Reporting
Few hours after his inauguration as the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo has announced the appointment of a lawyer, Musa Ikhilor as the Secretary to State Government, SSG.
He has also nominated Samson Osagie as Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice; and Dr. Cyril Adams Oshiomhole as Commissioner for Health.
The nomination of Osagie and Oshiomhole will however have to be confirmed by the Edo State House of Assembly.
Ikhilor has over 11 years of experience in Legislative Drafting, Parliamentary Administration, Lawmaking procedure and processes, Constitutional drafting and amendment, and general Legislative Governance issues working in various capacities at the National Assembly.
The nominee for State Attorney-General, Dr. Samson Osagie is a private legal practitioner having been called to the Nigerian Bar on March 22, 1995.
He is also the current Vice President of the African Bar Association (West African Region) and was a two-term member of the Edo State House of Assembly and also the House of Representatives where he rose to the position of the Minority Whip.
For Senator Adams Oshiomhole’s son, Cyril, his academic journey began at St. Anne’s Primary School, followed by Command Secondary School, where he later pursued higher education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery, MBBS.
Oshiomhole enrolled at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA where he obtained a Master of Science in Public Health, MSPH, majoring in Environmental Health, Toxicology, and Disaster Management.
His academic pursuits continued at Harvard University, Boston, where he underwent postgraduate training in Clinical Research and at Queen Mary University, London, where he studied Gastroenterology.