Mercy Johnson appointed SSA to Governor Yahaya Bello

   Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has appointed Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson as his new Senior Special Assistant, SSA, on entertainment, arts and culture.

   
   Johnson’s appointment was announced with 62 others in a statement issued in Lokoja yesterday by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr Folashade Ayoade.
   The appointments take effect from April 1, the statement said.
The breakdown of the new appointees showed that 54 of them will serve as Senior Special Assistants while nine will work as Special Assistants to the Governor as Federal Constituency Supervisors for the Governor Yahaya Bello Connect Programme.
   The SSG further stated that the appointments were made to recognise and encourage outstanding contributions to the New Direction Agenda.
Mercy Johnson, who has featured in countless Nigerian movies, won the Best Actress award at Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards in 2013 for role in comedy movie “Dumebi the dirty girl”, among other awards.

    In December 2013, Johnson was listed as Google’s Most Searched Nollywood Celebrity, a position she also held in 2012.