Governor
Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has dissolved the state executive council.
The
dissolution was contained in a statement signed and posted on the state
government’s official website by the Permanent Secretary, Government House,
Onyii Wamah, in the late hours of
Friday, June 16, 2017.
According to
the permanent secretary, the governor retained his Chief of Staff, Sunny
Nwakodo, and the Commissioner for Finance, Obinna Oriaku.
It is also
understood that the governor retained his Commissioner for Justice and
Attorney-General of the state, Umeh Kalu (SAN).
No reason
was, however, given for the sack of the other commissioners, special advisers
as well as senior special assistants and the SSG.
The News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dissolution followed the presentation
of their scorecards at a forum attended by the governor on May 28 and 29.
The
statement also announced the appointment of three special advisers to the
governor, including the former Commissioner for Works, Eziuche Ubani, who was
appointed as special adviser on works and project monitoring.
Others were
Emma Nwabuko and Solomon Ogunji, who were appointed as special adviser/personal
secretary to the governor and special adviser on urban renewal, respectively.
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