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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, yesterday, appointed the Director-General of South East Governors Forum (SEGF) Prof. Simon Ortuanya, as the Secretary to the State Government (SSG).
Gov. Ugwuanyi announced Prof. Ortuanya’s appointment during his consultative meeting with stakeholders of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area, held at the Government House, Enugu. A Professor of Law, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), the new SSG who hails from Igbo-Etiti LGA, was a former Commissioner for Education in Enugu State, former Associate Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and former Head of Department, Department of Private Law, ESUT.
Prof. Ortuanya obtained his doctorate degree in Law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in the United States of America, while his Masters Degree in Law was from University of Lagos, Nigeria. His Bachelor’s Degree in Law was from the University of Nigeria. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
The new SSG served as a member of the ad-hoc committee on Public Service Reform, one of the 12 sectoral committees recently constituted by Gov. Ugwuanyi to review various sectors of governance and design roadmaps to optimize service delivery and advance good governance in the state.
