GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue state has sworn in a new High Court Judge and two Special Advisers.
Performing the swearing-in ceremony at the new banquet hall of government house on Tuesday, Ortom pledged that he his administration would not interfere with the judiciary.
Those sworn in are; Justice Josephine Mbayan Agua as High Court Messrs Thomas Anajav and Ode Enyi as Special Advisers.
The governor said that his administration believes in the separation of powers and in the rule of law.
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He charged the new appointees to embrace the core values and pillars of his administration in the discharge of their duties.
He explained that the new appointees were chosen based on their track records of hard work, dedication and commitment to duty in previous assignments.
He admonished other government appointees to give the new ones the desired support in order to succeed in their new offices.
Responding, Justice Ayua and Mr Thomas Anajav on behalf of the new appointees expressed gratitude to the governor for finding them worthy to serve the state in such capacities and promised to put in their best to justify the confidence reposed in them.