Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State yesterday swore-in new commissioners and special advisers, with a charge on them to brace up for a service to the people of the state where failure would have no place.
The governor, who addressed the new appointees at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Enugu declared to the new appointees that “there is no room for failure in this administration”.
Twenty-four commissioners and 11 special advisers appointed by the governor yesterday took oath of office amidst fanfare as the people of the state who had been anxious to have them in place came out in their numbers.
In a speech after their swearing-in ceremony at the Government House, Enugu, Governor Ugwuanyi enjoined them to attend to their duties with zeal, vigour, commitment and responsibility.
He noted that their appointments were made on merit and in accordance with the dictates of geo-ethnic balancing as enshrined in section 14(4) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The governor emphasized that there would be no room in his administration for failure, laxity or impunity “more so in this period of prevailing economic climate in the country that needs their obligation to deliver on the needs of the people more urgent and imperative”.
In his words, “I urge you to eschew all divisive or diversionary ideas or actions but rather remain focused on ways and means that would lead to the accomplishment of individual and collective responsibilities to the state and her citizens.”
The state chief executive reminded them that they were individually and collectively expected to employ their vision, competence and experience to instigate and implement measures or schemes that would help actualize the objective of government in all sectors of the state’s economy.
Governor Ugwuanyi observed that team work would be necessary to his administration’s success, adding that no one can afford to work in isolation but must endeavour to draw strength, support and knowledge from one another to achieve service delivery.
Speaking on behalf of the sworn-in Commissioners and Special Advisers to the Governor, Chief Miletus Ezeugworie Eze, the State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, thanked the governor for bringing them on board to serve in his administration.
He assured the governor that they would work as a family to ensure that the state government’s objectives were actualized.
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