The Editorial Board of ‘The Rivers Bureaucrat’s has been reconstituted with Ms Kadilo Brown as Chairman.
Ms Brown, who is also the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, is said to have taken over from the pioneer Chairman, Pastor Christopher Briggs, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Survey.
Other members of the 11 member Board include Evang. Eddy Oloko, Permanent Secretary in the Deputy Governor’s Office, who is the Vice Chairman, Chief Dagogo Clinton, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Tide Newspaper, retains his position as Editor, while the Director of News and Current Affairs in the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Lizzy Fombo is the Deputy Editor.
Inaugurating the reconstituted Board last Friday in his Office in Port Harcourt, the Head of Service, Barr. Samuel LongJohn congratulated them on their appointment and urged them to improve on the previous editions so as to create the desired impact on the Civil Service.
He enjoined them to begin work in earnest and ensure that the first edition in his tenure as Head of Service is published before the 2013 Civil Service Week Celebration coming up in June.
Responding, Ms Kadilo Brown thanked the Head of Service for finding them worthy to serve as members of the Editorial Board and assured him of an improved publication that would be a ‘mouthpiece’ for the Government and the Civil Service.
The Rivers Bureaucrat is an informative magazine on the Rivers State Civil Service, published by the Office of the Head of Service.
Similarly, a 27 member Central Planning Committee for the 2013 Civil Service Week Celebration has been inaugurated by the Head of Service, Barr. Samuel LongJohn.
The Committee has Mr. Rufus Godwins, Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice as Chairman, while Mr. Donatus Nweneka, Director, Planning, Research and
Statistics in the Office of the Head of Service, is to serve as Secretary.
The Civil Service Week holds annually on June 23 in recognition of the contributions of the Civil Service to national development.
