Three commissioners were suspended by Ebonyi Governor Francis Nwifuru for their unapproved absences from Monday’s State Executive Council meeting.
The most recent event was reportedly revealed by Jude Okpor, the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, at a briefing on the executive council meeting’s outcome on Tuesday.
Solomon Azi (Grants and Donor Agencies), Victor Chukwu (Environment), and Ikeuwa Omebe (Rural Development) are the Commissioners that are impacted.
Okpor stated that the Commissioners were placed on one-month leave, emphasizing that the Governor had issued a warning against public servants’ tardiness and lack of commitment to their jobs.
He added that Nwifuru ordered that the suspended commissioners be deprived of all office-related benefits for the term of the suspension.
According to the Commissioner for Information, Nwifuru also cautioned all contractors working on government projects in the State to move quickly in accordance with their contracts.
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“The government will not hesitate to use all legal means to enforce compliance,” he said.
In related news, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council has charged Francis Nwifuru, the governor of Ebonyi State, with ignoring warnings of a possible Fulani herdsmen attack, which resulted in the sad events in Amegu Nkalaha, Ishielu Local Government Area.
It was stated that the attackers broke into the neighborhood early on Sunday and destroyed many buildings, turning them to ashes.
In a statement, the group’s national president, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, asserted that the youth wing had warned the governor four days prior to the February 2 attack, which took multiple lives and destroyed property.
The state’s growing number of Fulani herdsmen has alarmed the council, which warned that if immediate action is not done, further bloodshed may break out.
