Okafor Ofiebor (Port Harcourt)
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike on Saturday dissolve the the state executive council and sacked all his commissioners.
The sack of the state’s council came barely 24 hours after the resignation of Dr Austin Tam-George, the States’ commissioner of Information. The Governor had on Thursday also sacked his Works Commissioner. No reason was given for the sack of the commissioner.
In statement announcing the sack of the executive council on Saturday, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant the Governor on Electronic Media directed all commissioners to handover to their respective Permanent Secretaries.
Nwakaudu added in the statement that Governor Wike thanked the former commissioners for their service to the state and wished them well in their future endeavours.