GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the appointment of Lord Amen Osunde as chairman of the state’s Petroleum Monitoring Committee.

A letter, signed by the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Momodu Abu, on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, said the appointment takes immediate effect.

He replaces Soni Idahagbon who was recently sacked for “negligence and dereliction of duty.”