Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has approved the appointment of Major Lawrence Loye (rtd) as the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment.
Before the appointment, Major Loye was the Executive Director, Edo State Environmental Protection and Regulatory Unit.
Aged 48, Major Lawrence Loye is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport, United Kingdom. He holds a Masters Degree in Transport Planning and Management and retired from the Nigerian Army on June 30, 2002.
He also worked as a member of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue between 2005 and 2007.
He is married with five children.
The swearing-in of the new Permanent Secretary will hold at the Festival Hall, Government House, on Tuesday January 15, 2013 at 2pm prompt. Guests are expected to be seated at 1.30pm.
