Port Harcourt — The Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral (Rtd.) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, CFR, has approved the appointment of Dr. Samuel O. Nwanosike, a known loyalist of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, as the Chairman of the Rivers State Waste Management Board.

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According to a government special announcement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Ibibia Lucky Worika, the appointment also includes Wokoma Amakiri Ibimina as Managing Director, alongside other members drawn from various professional and environmental bodies.

List of Appointees:

1. Dr. Samuel O. Nwanosike – Chairman

2. Wokoma Amakiri Ibimina – Managing Director
Members:

3. Dr. Augusta Ayotamuno

4. Engr. Gershon Owajikagop Ogbuluijah

5. Prof. Iyenemi I. Kakulu

6. Dr. Thankgod Bariyaa

7. Karebi Gorden Offe – Ministry of Environment Representative

8. Dr. Nnamdi Micheal Ahiamadu – Nigeria Environment Society

9. Dr. William Azuka Iyama – Waste Management Association of Nigeria

10. Ofor Samuel Ukeame – Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria

11. Christopher Ettete – ALGON

12. Dr. Owene Wonodi – Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria

The newly constituted board will be sworn in by the Administrator at a date to be announced.