Executive Branch of the Government of Rivers State
Style
His Excellency
Member of
Executive Council
Residence
Government House
Seat
Port Harcourt
Appointer
Direct Popular Vote
Term length
Four years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holder
Melford Okilo
Formation
1 October 1967 (56 years ago) (1967-10-01)
Deputy
Deputy Governor of Rivers State
Salary
₦5,623,705 (2020)
Website
governor.riversstate.gov.ng
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Politics of Rivers State
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Ezenwo Wike
Deputy Governor: Ipalibo Banigo
Attorney General: Emmanuel C. Aguma
Secretary to the State Government: Kenneth Kobani
Chief of Staff: Chukwuemeka Woke
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Speaker: Ikuinyi O. Ibani
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Chief Judge: Daisy Okocha
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Gubernatorial: 2015
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The Governor of Rivers State is the Chief executive of the Rivers State government and is one of the governors of the thirty-six states of Nigeria. The Governor is supported by the Deputy Governor, both popularly elected for a term of four years (maximum of two terms). The Governor, as head of the executive branch, has the power to appoint commissioners responsible for each of the state's ministries, the heads of parastatals, judicial officers and the state-owned bodies with specific regulatory or administrative duties. They cannot be a member of the state House of Assembly.
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