Okpebholo appoints Ikhilor as Edo SSG, Oshiomhole for commissioner

The Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday appointed Musa Ikhilor as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Samson Osagie as the  State Attorney-General.

The governor also named Dr Cyril Adams Oshiomhole as the Health Commissioner-designate.

He made the announcement in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Fred Itua.

“The nomination of Osagie and Oshiomhole will be confirmed by the Edo State House of Assembly when they are forwarded soon by Governor Okpebholo,” Itua said.

Ikhilor was born on the 6th of August 1980 at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Edo State. Barr. Ikhilor attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained an LL.B in 2008 (Second class Upper Division).

In 2009, he obtained a B.L. (Second class Upper Division) at the Nigerian Law School and was enrolled as a Barrister and Solicitor at the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

In 2017, Barr. Ikhilor proceeded to acquire his Masters degree in Telecommunications Law (LL.M) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Ikhilor has over 11 years of experience in Legislative Drafting, Parliamentary Administration, Lawmaking procedures and processes, Constitutional drafting and amendment, and general Legislative Governance issues working in various capacities at the National Assembly.

In 2019, he was appointed as a Consultant to the Federal House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the review of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, where he has been closely analysing and reviewing matters on Gender Equity, Human Rights, and strengthening Institutions of Government and creating efficient and transparent processes and systems to deliver Good Governance.

In 2019, he was appointed as Senior Special Assistant and later Special Adviser to the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria who also doubled as the 1st Deputy Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament.

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In May 2022, he was assigned to act as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when the substantive Chief of Staff resigned to contest in the 2023 parliamentary elections.

In June 2022, Ikhilor was appointed by the Supreme of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a Notary Public.

Also, the governor’s spokesman said that Dr. Samson Osagie, the nominee for State Attorney-General, is a private legal practitioner having been called to the Nigerian Bar on March 22nd, 1995.

He added that Samson Osagie is also the current vice president of the African Bar Association (West African Region), born on November 11, 1967, Dr. Osagie hails from Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State.

The governor’s aide said Oshiomhole’s academic journey began at St. Anne’s Primary School, followed by Command Secondary School, where he later pursued higher education at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria,  and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS).

He noted that the Health Commissioner designate Oshiomhole enrolled at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA. where he obtained a Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH, majoring in Environmental Health, Toxicology, and Disaster Management).

His academic pursuits continued at Harvard University, Boston, where he underwent postgraduate training in Clinical Research, and at Queen Mary University, London, where he studied Gastroenterology.