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Breaking news: Wike sacks Rivers council caretakers

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Governor Nyesom Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has dissolved all the  23 Local Government  Caretaker Committees with immediate effect.

A statement  issued by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic Media,  directed the Caretaker Committee Chairmen  to hand over to their respective Heads of Personnel Management, HPM.

The governor  also directed  the  HPMs   to immediately  compile list of staff being owed  salaries.

He directed that the  list,  including  the number of  months owed to  the  workers  by the  respective councils   be  submitted  to  the  office  of  the  Governor  with immediate  effect

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