The Anambra State
Governor, Willie Obiano, has reportedly sacked the 18 commissioners in his
cabinet, alongside the political appointees in Ministries, Departments and Agencies
(MDAs) reports ITRealms.
The Secretary to the
State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, in a memo sent to the affected
appointees in Awka, ordered the affected officers to hand over to permanent
secretaries of their respective ministries, departments and agencies or to the
most senior civil servants in the absence of permanent secretaries.
The memo, ITRealms gathered, had directed affected
appointees to hand over any project or vehicles in their possession to the
office of the Secretary to the State Government on or before Friday, 16th
March, 2018.
The memo in part read,
”His Excellency, Chief (Dr.) Willie Obiano, Governor of Anambra State, has directed
that all political appointees and non-civil servants, heads of MDAs in the
state submit their hand over notes/reports on or before Friday, 16th March,
2018 to the Permanent Secretary of their respective MDAs, or to the most senior
civil servant there in the absence of a Permanent Secretary.
“All SSAs/SAs are to
submit their handover notes/reports to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the
SSG.
“A copy of the
handover note/report must be submitted to the Secretary to the State Government
on or before Friday, 16th March, 2018.
“Further to the above,
political appointees and non-civil servants, heads of MDAs and SSAs/SAs under
reference, are to also hand over any government project/utility vehicles in
their custody to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Secretary to the State
Government on or before Friday, 16th March 2018.
“The contents of this
letter are for your attention and necessary actions, as I assure you of my high
regards.”
A Senior Special
Assistant to the governor on media, Mr. Oliver Okpala, confirmed the
development, saying, “It’s the proper thing to do in the circumstance.”
“When a government is
transiting to a new term, it’s proper to disengage all those who served in the
former tenure. Governor Willie Obiano will start his second term on 17th of
March. So, all those who served in the first term should go.
“If the governor wants
to reappoint anybody, then it is a fresh contract. So, the disengagement of the
political appointees is normal and proper,” Okpala enthused.
ITRealms recalls that Gov. Obiano was
re-elected on 18th of November, 2017 in a landslide victory across all the
Local Government Areas in the Anambra State.
Ozo Nweke Ozo with additional report from EnterNaija.com/GEE
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