Ikpeazu dissolves cabinet, retains chief of staff, two commissioners

Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia state governor, has dissolved the state executive council.

The dissolution was contained in a statement signed and posted on the state government’s official website by Onyii Wamah, the permanent secretary, government house, on Friday.

According to the permanent secretary, the governor retained Sunny Nwakodo, his chief of staff, and Obinna Oriaku, the commissioner for finance.

Also retained is Umeh Kalu, the commissioner for justice and attorney-general of the state.

No reason was given for the sack of the commissioners, special advisers as well as senior special assistants and the SSG.

NAN reports that the dissolution was coming after the commissioners took turns to present 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 for works, Eziuche Ubani, who was appointed as the 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.