Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on Saturday announced that his administration will declare a state of emergency.
Soludo who spoke in Akwa while swearing in new members of the State Executive Council said the emergency would be declared in all sectors.
“All sectors will be given due attention beginning with security”, the Governor disclosed, “we have already started doing something.”
Soludo revealed thousands of people reportedly applied for an opportunity to serve the State. Of that number, 20 were chosen to serve as commissioners.
“More than 22, 000 persons applied to serve, out of which more than 1, 000 indicated interest to serve as commissioners.
“It is from this list that we picked the 20 commissioners and another commissioner nominee is yet to be cleared by the lawmakers because I submitted his name after the initial list was sent,” Soludo revealed.
Chukwuma Soludo
Urging the new appointees to have a service-driven perspective, the governor enjoined them to study his election manifesto, Anambra Vision 2070 and the report submitted by a transition committee, saying it is the basis of the social contract that his administration has with the people.
“Each of you* he said, “must study the three documents because the documents constitute the template best tagged social contract with more than 15 million residents of Anambra and our people in the Diaspora”.
Mr Soludo noted that the assignment of portfolios to each of the commissioners before the swearing-in was a clear departure from tradition.
Speaking on behalf of her colleagues, Sylvia Ifemeje, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice thanked God for their appointments.
She assured the Governor that they would not disappoint the people of the State in the discharge of their duties..
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that those sworn into office were cleared earlier by the State House of Assembly.