Ebonyi state governor suspends commissioner for 30 days
- Governor David Umahi has suspended the Commissioner for Solid Minerals in Ebonyi state
- The commissioner was suspended for acts capable of embarrassing the government
The governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, on Thursday, June 14, has suspended the state's commisioner for solid minerals, Francis Orji, for what he described as acts capable of bringing embarrasment to the government.
Premium Times reports that the state commissioner for information and state orientation, Emmanuel Onwe, announced this on behalf of the government.
Onwe made the announcement at the Government House, Abakaliki, after a meeting of the State Executive Council on Thursday.
Onwe added that the Deputy Principal Secretary, Emmanuel Obasi, would act in place of the suspended commissioner for 30 days.
Meanwhile, insideupdate earlier reported that contrary to the position of his colleagues in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor David Umahi, has vowed never to castigate President Muhammadu Buhari whom he declared to be his boss.
Umahi said he was emphatic that he would not insult Buhari to prove that he was still in opposition PDP.
Umahi made the declaration on Saturday, May 26, in Abakaliki during a media chat and dinner he organised for journalists as part of the 2018 Democracy Day celebrations.
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