Ebonyi Governor Suspends Three Commissioners

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

For absenting themselves from official duties, including  Executive Council meetings, Governor Francis Nwifuru has suspended three of his Commissioners.

Solomon Azi, Victor Chukwu and Ikeuwa Omebe, Commissioners for Grant and Donor Agencies, Environment, and Rural Development, respectively, are to proceed on one month suspension each.

Announcing the development at the end of the State Executive Council meeting held on Monday March 17, 2025, the Commissioner for Information, Jude Okpor, informed  that the decision to suspend the Commissioners was taken at the Council Meeting from which the Commissioners were absent without any explanation.

According to the Information Commissioner, the State Governor severally indicated his aversion to absenteeism and other unprofessional conducts by public officials.

The suspended Commissioners are to forfeit their benefits and privileges throughout the period of suspension.

The Source reports that, Governor Nwifuru had earlier in the year equally suspended his Commissioner for Health over the diversion of some medical equipment by some Ministry officials.

The Governor had caught the officials at the scene while removing medical equipment from the Ministry’s stores on a Saturday morning.

The Commissioner for Health was, subsequently, suspended for failure to provide adequate supervisory leadership.