Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has approved 13 new boards and political appointments.

The appointment is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia on Wednesday in Enugu.

According to the SSG, Mbah appointed Prof. Ngwu, as Chief Medical Director, Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Parkane, Uche Anya, Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority and Laurence Ani, Executive Secretary, Council for Arts and Culture.

Nnanyelugo Onyishi, Executive Secretary, Enugu State Economic Planning Commission, Dr Sam Nwobodo, General Manager, Enugu State Investment Development Authority and Gerald Asogwa, General Manager, Enugu State Housing Development Authority.

The appointment also include Dr G.O.C. Ajah, as the Chairman, Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB), Dr Amaka Ngene, Member 1, Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB), Dr Hyginus Bankho and Nwakaego Aja, as Member 2 and 3 of same board respectfully.

Others are Emmanuel Nnamani as Chairman, Board of Internal Revenue,
Rita Mbah, Chairman, Enugu State Tourism Board and Amobi Ezeaku, General Manager, Rangers International Football Club.

Onyia said appointments took effect immediately.

Meanwhile, Mbah has expressed satisfaction with the level of successes recorded so far in the fight against insecurity in the state.

The Governor maintained that Enugu State has stopped the illegal sit-at-home in the state and assured that the state’s security initiative, Distress Response Squad (DRS)v and its complementary Command and Control Centre would further boost the security of the state when fully in operation.

Mbah spoke yesterday when the new Commissioner of Police, CP, in tge State, Kanayo Uzuegbu, was at the Government House to unveil the pilot scheme of the state’s DRS initiative.

“The Distress Response Squad (DRS), which pilot scheme is commissioned today, is going to house over a hundred very highly sophisticated and technologically equipped vehicles when fully launched.

“We are going to have security surveillance cameras installed in all the vehicles of the DRS. Those security surveillance cameras will have the capability of facial recognition and number plate recognition.

“We are already constructing the Command and Control Centre, which will be ready for commissioning in few weeks. The idea is that we are able to monitor from that location what is going on across our cities and across all the communities in the state.

“We are doing this in partnership with the police and this is a demonstration of the state’s commitment to supporting the police in fighting crime. And I want to assure you that we are going to continue in that trend to ensure that together we rid criminality out of our state”, the Governor said.