Abia State Governor,Alex Otti has ordered the immediate suspension of the Head of Service and all permanent secretaries in various Ministries, Agencies and Departments, MDA’s.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Katie Oko made this known on Thursday.
The suspension according to Oko is against the backdrop of the inauguration of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Properties and Funds belonging to Abia State Government.
Following the development,” the Governor has approved the appointment of Lady Joy Maduka, Director, Ministry of Education, as Acting Head of Service (HOS).
“John Pedro Iroakazi – Clerk of the House;
Mrs. U. G. Uche Ikonne – Solicitor General
are by this notice directed to hand over to the most senior Director in their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies,” She said.
The suspended Head of Service and Permanent Secretaries were appointed by the past Peoples Democratic Party PDP government in the state.
Otti of the Labour party( LP) is the first governor outside the PDP to rule the state since the return of democracy in 1999.
A day after his Inauguration as governor, Otti ordered the freezing of Abia accounts domiciled in banks and other financial institutions and sacked all boards of government agencies and Parastatals.
On June 2, he beamed his searchlight on Local Government Areas sacking all chairmen of Local Government Councils and Education Secretaries.
