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Gov. Orji recalls suspended public officers

Eight commissioners and 17 local government transition committee chairmen suspended by Abia state governor, Theodore Orji were yesterday recalled. Governor Orji also recalled some political … Continue reading Gov. Orji recalls suspended public officers


Eight commissioners and 17 local government transition committee chairmen suspended by Abia state governor, Theodore Orji were yesterday recalled.

Governor Orji also recalled some political appointees that were also suspended for security laxity when national Igbo leader, late Dim Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was been lied-in-state in Aba, the commercial capital of the south-eastern state.

He lifted the suspension during separate meetings with the affected at the Government House in Umuahia.

However, feelers from the government indicate that some of the commissioner and the two newly nominees may swap ministries.

Meanwhile, the governor has appointed a new Chief of Staff. He is Dr. Cosmos Ndukwe, who until the appointment was the General Manager of the state environmental agency, ASEPA. He was replaced at the agency by Mr. Ikechukwu Apugo.

Orji was quoted as admonishing returning commissioners and council chairmen to brace up and work hard as he was in a hurry to see that infrastructural changes gets to all parts of the state.