{"id":80706,"date":"2021-05-12T22:34:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80706"},"modified":"2021-05-12T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T21:34:08","slug":"imo-gov-uzodinma-fires-20-commissioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/imo-gov-uzodinma-fires-20-commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"Imo Gov Uzodinma fires 20 commissioners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday afternoon<\/a>, sacked 20 out of his 28 commissioners.<\/div>\n
\nThe eight commissioners not affected by the announcement were of the ministries of Health, Youth and Sports, Tourism, Information and Strategy, Woman Affairs, Works, Finance and Technology.<\/div>\n
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The governor had alleged two weeks ago that some of his appointees were moles sabotaging his administration.<\/div>\n
\nThe sacking of the 20 commissioners came just one month after the governor reshuffled his cabinet and appointed new Commissioners for Finance and Health.<\/p>\n

The sacking came as a surprise to the affected appointees, as there was no sign that the announcement would be made.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nThe Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Nwachuku Oguwike, who confirmed the development said that the governor wished the affected appointee well in their future endeavours.<\/p>\n

The governor\u2019s spokesperson said, \u201cThe news is correct. Twenty commissioners were affected while eight were not affected. The reason is to infuse new blood and add more value to the governance system of the state.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

\nThe state Commissioner for information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, also confirmed the sacking of the 20 commissioners.<\/div>\n
\nImo State has been in the eye of the storm of late as members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra have been alleged to attack state security apparatus including prisons and police stations.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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