THE security situation in Imo State deteriorated further, yesterday, occasioning deep national concern following the killing of Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former political adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, in the state, by unknown gunmen.
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Wednesday dissolved his 28- member cabinet, retaining eight commissioners in the first major cabinet reshufflement since assuming office on January 15, 2020. At the end of the usual weekly Executive Council meeting, Wednesday, the Governor said the dissolution became necessary to
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Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has dissolved his 28-member cabinet, during which he fired 20 of the commissioners and retained eight commissioners.
This is the first time the governor will be tampering with the composition of the state executive council since assuming office on January 15, 2020.
The Governor who announced the dissolution at the end of the usual weekly Executive Council meeting on Wednesday said the essence is to “rejig and re-energise the system for maximum productivity.
Uzodimma, however, retained eight of the commissioners such as Commissioner for Finance, Science and Technology, Health, Works, Information, Youths and Sports, Women Affairs and Tourism.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has dissolved his cabinet ,relieving 20 of his 28 commissioners of their duties.
At the end of the usual weekly Executive Council meeting, Wednesday, the Governor said the dissolution became necessary to rejig and reenergize the system for maximum productivity.
The ministries whose Commissioners were retained in the dissolution include Finance, Science and Technology, Health, Works, Information, Youths and Sports, Women Affairs and Tourism.
Governor Uzodimma thanked the affected Commissioners and assured them that they will still be found relevant in other areas if eventually they did not make the new cabinet he said will be reconstituted soon.
Imo Govt blames Orlu mayhem on falsehood
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By Chidi Nkwopara
Imo State Government has blamed the mayhem experienced in Orlu last week, on the falsehood allegedly peddled by the opposition in the state.
The Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Chief Mbadiwe Emelumba, stated this Wednesday, while answering questions during a live news interactive phone-in programme on Darling FM, Owerri.
His words: “The opposition has been peddling this falsehood that government reserved acres of land for herdsmen in Imo State. They kept peddling that lie repeatedly until, maybe IPOB believed it and started going about, looking for where a non-existent land was. That was part of the genesis of the crisis.