Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday appointed a new Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Fidelis Soriwei.
Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Commissioner for Information in the state who announced this in a statement made available to newsmen in Yenagoa, said the appointment took immediate effect.
Iworiso-Markson said that Soriwei would take over from Dr. Francis Ottah-Agbo who had since resigned from the position.
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Soriwei, until his new role, was the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations.
The News Agence of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ottah-Agbo was elected member of the House of Representatives.
He is representing the Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo Federal Constituency of Benue, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). (NAN)