{"id":26079,"date":"2020-06-11T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26079"},"modified":"2020-06-11T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T17:35:13","slug":"umahi-swears-in-ex-federal-lawmaker-as-state-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/umahi-swears-in-ex-federal-lawmaker-as-state-commissioner","title":{"rendered":"Umahi swears in ex-federal lawmaker as state commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Ebonyi State Chief David Umahi on Thursday swore in a former federal lawmaker, Mr Lazarus Ogbe who represented Ikwo\/Ezza South federal constituency, in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Ogbe contested for a second tenure for the House of Representative in 2019 and won but was later sacked by the Election Tribunal sitting in Enugu state.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbe was sworn in as the Commissioner for Intergovernmental Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, in addressing the stakeholders of the state during a live broadcast that took place at the old government house Abakaliki, lamented that the state has recorded over 152 COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n<p>Umahi, however, said his administration has started the reconstruction of the thirteen general hospitals in the state, to serve as COVID-19 treatment centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The governor of Ebonyi State Chief David Umahi on Thursday swore in a former federal lawmaker, Mr Lazarus Ogbe who represented Ikwo\/Ezza South federal constituency, in the National Assembly. 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