Senator Francis Okpozo, who died at 81, in 2016, has been named Chairman, Nigerian Press Council (NPC).
Additionally on the rundown is late resigned Deputy Inspector General of Police and senior statesman, Donald Ugbaja.
The late Ugbaja was appointment member of Consumer Protection Council. His name is the third on the rundown of the committee whose director is Emeka Nwakpa.
The two men are among the 209 administrators and 1,258 individuals delegated to fill the overseeing sheets of offices and parastatals positions.
The Presidency had issued an announcement on December 28, 2016 communicating sympathies to his family and the administration of Delta State on his passing.
Until his demise, Late Okpozo was a Second Republic representative and individual from the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In an announcement by the presidential representative, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President additionally sympathized with "the family and companions of the late representative, whose championing of social equity in the Niger Delta, amid his long history of administration to the general population, charmed him to numerous."
The statement included that "As a stalwart of the APC in the South-South, President Buhari trusts that the gathering extraordinarily profit by the octogenarian's charming administration and abundance of experience as a legislator."
The President likewise "trusts that all who grieve Senator Okpozo will convey forward his inheritance of resolute devotion to the solidarity of Nigeria, even as the country would affectionately recall his commitments to peace, improvement and equity in the Niger Delta."
Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on November 28th, 2017 additionally in an announcement by his Chief Press Secretary, Charles Aniagwu, portrayed the late Ugbaja as an entire man of his word, a careful reproduced officer, who contributed his own amount to serving his nation and mankind.
The appointments which was released late Saturday night to basically online media by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, read: "Mr. President thought about the endorsement for the constitution of the Boards and in addition the appointments, extremely fundamental, in order to give an appropriate Governance and oversight structure for Government Agencies and Parastatals. The constitution of the sheets with the appointments, is an exhibit of this current Government's endeavors gone for building solid foundations of Governance, and by expansion, enhancing the nature of Policy detailing and supervision.
