Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assigned portfolios to his cabinet members.
Obaseki made the announcement at the weekly State Executive Council meeting.
The names and portfolios are as follows:
Marie Edeko, Ministry of Social Development; Damian Lawani, Ministry of Youth; Joe Ikpea, Ministry of Minerals, Oil and Gas; and Momoh Oise Omorogbe, Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning.
Felix Akhabue, Ministry of Cooperatives and Wealth Creation; and Moses Agbakor, Ministry of Energy.
The five new Advisers are Andrew Momodu, Special Adviser, Public Order and Security; Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, a former member of the Edo State House of Assembly, is now the Special Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters, in Edo South.
Hon. Magdalene Ohenhen, former Commissioner for Women Affairs is Special Adviser Political Matters, Edo Central; former Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Kabiru Adjoto is the Special Adviser, Parliamentary Issues; while Ojo Asien, is now Special Adviser, Political Matters, Edo North.
However, in a minor cabinet reshuffle, the former commissioner for Agricultural and Natural Resources, Hon. Monday Osaigbovo, was moved to the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs, while the former Commissioner for Education, Hon. Emmanuel Agbale now heads the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Former Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Hon. Jimoh Ijegbai, now heads the Ministry of Education.