{"id":18189,"date":"2013-10-17T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T14:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=18189"},"modified":"2013-10-17T15:17:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T14:17:12","slug":"imo-monarchs-to-screen-commissioner-nominees-other-political-appointees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/imo-monarchs-to-screen-commissioner-nominees-other-political-appointees\/","title":{"rendered":"IMO MONARCHS TO SCREEN COMMISSIONER\u2013NOMINEES, OTHER POLITICAL APPOINTEES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has stated that commissioner-nomineesand Special Assistants as well as Special Advisers will be further screened\u00a0by the state council of traditional rulers after the House of Assembly had\u00a0done so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor who disclosed this while addressing members of the Imo state\u00a0Parliament during their special session to mark his\u00a051stbirthday anniversary in Owerri , said the screening by the\u00a0monarchs is to\u00a0ensure that the appointees meet the traditional requirements for the\u00a0position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He posited that Imo traditional parliament has the powers to stop any\u00a0nominee from being appointed into position of power in the state, stressing\u00a0that the screening will make the royal fathers to know who will assume any\u00a0office in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Okorocha commended the Imo Traditional Parliament headed by Eze Samuel\u00a0Agunwa Ohiri for promoting Igbo culture in the state and expressed\u00a0gratitude to the monarchs for the honour done with the special session to\u00a0mark his birthday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his speech, Eze Ohiri who doubles as chairman of Imo state Council of\u00a0Traditional rulers and the state Traditional Parliament said they decided\u00a0to mark the governor\u2019s birthday in recognition of his support for monarchs\u00a0in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Eze Ohiri, the governor has increased the monthly\u00a0allowance, security vote of the monarchs as well as the building of the\u00a0secretariat of state council of Traditional rulers and restoring peace in\u00a0the communities through the settlement of Ezeship disputes.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has stated that commissioner-nomineesand Special Assistants as well as Special Advisers will be further screened\u00a0by the state council of traditional rulers after the House of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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