Nwuruku, Ogbaga to manage Ebonyi rice mills
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gov. david umahi of ebonyi has appointed a former nigerian ambassador to mexico chief lawrence nwuruku and a former minister of state for power and steel chief goddy ogbaga to manage two rice mills in ikwo and izzi local government areas lga1 nwuruku also a former independent national electoral commission inec national commissioner would manage the ikwo rice mill while ogbaga was appointed the chairman of the rice mill located in iboko izzi lga1 umahi made the announcements on friday during the novelty football matches involving the various arms of governments and parastatals in the state as part of events to mark the 2018 democracy day celebrations1 the governor commended the organisers of the novelty matches noting that the excitement had reduced the blood pressure of spectators at the refurbished pa ngele oruta stadium1 he also announced a donation of n5 million to participants of the matches with the six winning teams getting n500 000 each1 the four-runners up will get n400 000 each while the officials would also get n400 000 he said1 nan reports that ogbaga and nwuruku recently declared their intentions to run for the ebonyi north and central senatorial seats of the state respectively1