New Delta Speaker appoints CPS, others

The new Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has appointed his principal aides.

This was announced by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Festus Ovie Agas, in separate appointment letters addressed to the aides.

Mr. Dennis Otu was appointed Chief Press Secretary (CPS); Otu, before his appointment, was the Warri Bureau Chief of the Delta State government-owned newspaper, The Pointer and the Vice Chairman, Warri Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

Other appointees included Hon. Okan Francis and Mr. Freeborn Eghagha as Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the Speaker on ICT respectively.

Their assumption of office takes effect from May 11, 2017.

The new Chief Press Secretary to Speaker Oborevwori, Mr. Otu, has a bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communication from the Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State.

Mr. Otu also attended the prestigious Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Jos Campus, Plateau State and Institute of Journalism, Benin City, Edo State.

The newly appointed Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State Speaker also attended the famous Thompson Reuters Foundation, London where he did Writing and Reporting News.

He also did Advanced Writing And Reporting Skills (AWARES) at the School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos.