Ex-Bayelsa Information Commissioner, Egba-Dienagha, emerges chairman, Okpoama Chiefs Council

Nathan Tamarapreye, Yenagoa

A former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Bayelsa, Chief Nathan Egba-Dienagha, has emerged as the Chairman of the Okpoama Kingdom Chiefs Council (OKCC) in the Brass Local Government Area of the state.

In a keenly contested election at the Community Hall in Abainama, Okpoama Kingdom, Egba-Dienegha defeated his opponent, Chief Diepreye Inengibofa-Asapurabo, with 29 votes to 27 to emerge Chairman of the Chiefs Council for the next two years.

Others elected were Chief Tuboibinyo Warighaye-Dundas – Vice Chairman; Chief Inenyo Yousuo-Ogbulu – Secretary; Chief Eremiete David-Deigh, Assistant Secretary.

Chief Isaac Calmday-Ezekiel, Treasurer; Chief Isaac Akono-Igolo, Financial Secretary; and Chief David Okolai-Otiete, Public Relations Officer, were also elected. Chief Kingsley Ikoko-Karibo and Chief Wapaemi Amagbe Aniki were elected Provost 1 and 2, respectively.

Speaking shortly after his election and inauguration, the newly elected Okpoama Kingdom Council of Chiefs Chairman, Egba-Dienagha, in his inaugural address to the Council, said it was time to work hard to put Okpoama Kingdom back on the path of progress and sustainable development.

Egba-Dienagha enjoined all indigenes from the Kingdom to rally round the new Chiefs Council leadership to bring about peace and prosperity to the people, especially the youth and women.

The new Chairman thanked the former leadership of the Chiefs Council for the role they played in maintaining peace in the Kingdom and urged them to support the new leadership in the interest of the overall development of the kingdom.

Meanwhile, the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa State Council, led by Comrade Tonye Yemoleigha, has congratulated the former Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Chief Nathan Egba-Dienagha, on his emergence as Chairman of the Okpoama Kingdom Council of Chiefs.

The NUJ in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Council, Comrade Stanley Imgbi, described the former Information Commissioner as a seasoned human resource manager and administrator whose wealth of experience will impact the Okpoama Kingdom positively under his leadership.

It, however, urged the new Council of Chiefs Chairman to bring an innovative approach to the leadership and run an all-inclusive system to foster unity, peace and development for the overall benefit of the people of Okpoama.

While wishing Egba-Dienagha well in his new assignment, the NUJ State Council equally called on the Okpoama people to rally round him to achieve set objectives.