Okpebholo Sacks Obaseki’s ‘Foreign’ Perm Secs, Heads Of Agencies

Governor Monday Okpebholo has announced the sack of all executives of all boards, agencies and parastatals in the Edo State public service with immediate effect.

In addition, the new governor has also sacked all permanent secretaries appointed from outside the Edo State public service by his predecessor, Mr Godwin Obaseki.

GWG.ng reports that the decision to sack the permanent secretaries brought in from outside the civil service by Obaseki was on Wednesday hailed by a prominent civil servant who bemoaned the practise of the former governor in bringing in experts as so called from outside the system and at the same time stifling the growth of career civil servants.

Announcing the decision, Mr Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor said in a statement:

DISSOLUTION OF BOARDS AND POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS:

It is hereby announced for the information of the General Public that the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo has approved the dissolution of Executives of all Boards, Agencies and Parastatals in Edo State Public Service with immediate effect.

In addition, all Permanent Secretaries appointed from outside the State Public/Civil Service and all Political Appointees are hereby relieved of their appointments.

Accordingly, all affected appointees are to handover all Government properties in their possession to the most senior Public Officer in their respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

GWG.ng had earlier reported that besides the sack of the boards that Okpebholo had earlier stopped the collection of revenue collection across the state.

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