Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has approved the appointment of his brother, Ferdinand Uzodimma as his Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of General Services.

The governor also reappointed Mr Cosmos Iwu as the Secretary to the state Government, Nnamdi Anyaehie as his Chief of Staff, and Sydney Agbor as the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of operations.

The trio served in the same capacities in Uzodimma’s first four years as governor.

Also appointed are Patrick Ekeji as the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of administration and Sam  Nwaobasi named as the Special Adviser on Programme and Policy Implementation and Monitoring.

A statement issued on Thursday night by the governor’s spokesman, Oguwike Nwachuku, disclosed that the appointments took immediate effect.