Abia State governor sacks all his commissioners, including top officials
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has dismissed the state
executive council, including commissioners and special advisers as well
as senior special assistants.
The Permanent
Secretary, Government House, Mr. Onyii Wamah, announced the dissolution
in a statement posted on the government’s website on Friday night.
According
to the permanent secretary, the governor retained his Chief of Staff,
Mr. Sunny Nwakodo, Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Obinna Oriaku and
Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of the state, Chief Umeh
Kalu (SAN).
No reason was given for the
dissolution but there are speculations that it was after the
commissioners and other officials presented their scorecards at a forum
attended by the governor between May 28 and May 29.
The
statement also announced the appointment of three special advisers to
the governor, including the former Commissioner of Works, Mr. Eziuche
Ubani, who was appointed as the Special Adviser on Works and Project
Monitoring.
Others were Mr. Emma Nwabuko and
Mr. Solomon Ogunji, who were appointed as Special Adviser/Personal
Secretary to the Governor and Special Adviser on Urban Renewal,
respectively.
Last month, Governor Rochas
Okorocha of Imo State also dismissed his entire cabinet members in what
was said to be a strategic bid to restrengthen his administration.
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