Rivers AC to Amaechi: Sack your commissioners

THE Rivers State chapter of the Action Congress (AC), a budding opposition party, yesterday called on Governor Chibuike Amaechi, to immediately sack his cabinet with a view to injecting fresh blood into his administration.

According to the party, ''some of those in Amaechi's cabinet are spent forces. They have run out of ideas on how to lift the state to an enviable height''.

Spokesman of the party, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said, ''we of the AC are of the view that Governor Amaechi's cabinet is over due for a shake-up. Sacking the cabinet has become very imperative in order to enable the governor inject fresh blood that will speed up his vision of taking Rivers to the next level''.

''On our part as the governor's partners in progress, we are expecting extra five slots in the new cabinet that will eventually emerge. Our man, Osima Ginah, the Urban Development Commissioner has set up a very high standard in the state, and has shown determination in his pursuit for urban renewal. Since our party is very impressed with his performance, we have represented his name and that of his Special Duty counterpart, Chief Daves Ibiamu, with three others as our nominees for appointment as commissioners'', the AC spokesman said..

He said increasing the party’s presence in Amaechi's cabinet ''is at improving on the  impact of Osima Ginah. This commissioner represents what an AC administration would have done in the state if the 2007 elections were free and fair''.