Okowa: Why I Dissolved My Cabinet

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Wednesday, advanced the distractions his administration was facing over the personal ambition of some members of the State Executive Council for the 2023 general election as the reason why he dissolved his cabinet.

The Governor had on Tuesday, sacked the 25 commissioners, the Secretary to State Government, Chief of Staff; Senior Political Adviser; Chief Strategist and Special Advisers.

Speaking at Asaba during his quarterly media briefing, Okowa said: “There was the need to re-work the exco in such a manner that there will be less stress such that those in exco would have their minds fixated on what we intend to achieve in the next two years, rather than on their private ambitions and beliefs.

“At some point in time in the course of an administration, there are always reasons to take some actions. If I tell you that there is no reason, then why would I have to dissolve the exco? I believe we have been on in this administration in the past six years but two years in this tenure, we have two years to go.

Cabinet Members Distracted – Okowa

“Obviously there has been a lot of distractions among some members of exco. We have been working effectively and strongly. Some of them have been very useful and I must thank them.

“I must acknowledge that a lot of them have worked with me to be able to achieve that which we have achieved. “But in the next two years, we need to be able to reduce the level of distraction in governance.

“And if you do not take that action I may have an exco that is currently divided in the two years and that will not enable me to achieve my vision.

“So I thought there was the need to re-work the exco in such a manner that there will be less stress such that those in exco would have their minds fixated on what we intend to achieve in the next two years, rather than on their private ambitions and beliefs.”

Besides advancing reason for the dissolution of the cabinet, Okowa also spoke on the rotation of the governorship in the state.

On the gentleman agreement for the rotation of the governorship position of the state, he said; “a gentleman agreement is an agreement that is not written and l want to believe that that is what it’s supposed to be.

“But whether there was any formal meeting in which a gentleman agreement was reached, there was no formal meeting where a gentleman agreement was reached and that is the truth as of today.

“It means that whatever we are doing or talking about today is about what is fair, what is equitable, and how to define what is fair and what is equitable and justiciable.

Source: Vanguard

Send Us A Press Statement Advertise With Us Contact Us

 And For More Nigerian News Visit GWG.NG