Nonsochukwu Uwa, Owerri
Former Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has appointed Nze Meekam Mgbenwelu, pioneer Imo State Commissioner for Technology Development, as his spokesperson for the 2023 campaign organisation, the Rebuild Imo Organisation.
Ihedioha disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Owerri, through his Media Aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu.
This is coming after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced November 11, 2023 for the governorship election in Imo State.
According to the statement, “His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON has approved the appointment of Nze Meekam Mgbenwelu as Spokesperson of the Rebuild Imo Organisation.
“Mgbenwelu, pioneer Imo State Commissioner for Technology Development in the Ihedioha-led Rebuild Imo Administration, is a development economist, and public policy expert with over thirty years of experience in information communications technology.”
“His work experience spans periods with Microsoft Corporation, European Union, the World Bank, and The Presidency Abuja. He attended St. Finbarrs’ College, Yaba in Lagos State and proceeded to earn a BA (Hons) in Political Economy from Greenwich University, a Masters’s degree in Information Management from City University and a Master’s of Business Administration, an MBA, from Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, all in the UK. He hails from Eziama Ubulu in Oru West LGA of Imo State,” it stated.