Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Thursday in Benin charged Mr Kerry Emokpare, the new Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, to add value to the work in the ministry assigned to him.
Swearing in the new commissioner, Oshiomhole said that his government was desirous of finishing strong and therefore saw the need for a fresh hand to inject new ideas into policy making.
The governor urged Emokpare to continue with some of the programmes and policies already initiated by his predecessor in collaboration with the State Economic Team.
He said one of such programmes was the Small, Micro and Medium Enterprise Fund designed to help people involved in small business to access fund to boost their businesses.
Oshiomhole charge the appointee to reinvigorate the Ministry of Commerce and Industry by bringing his wealth of experience in the field to bear.
Responding, Emokpare said that he would do his best to ensure that the policies of government were implemented to have positive impact on the people.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former commissioner in the ministry, Mr Abdul Oroh, was relieved of his appointment on May 23. (NAN)