- Cites dereliction of duties
Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, has suspended the Commissioner for Works, Engr. Stanley Lebechi Mbam; and Engr. Ogbonnaya Obasi Abara, the Commissioner for Infrastructure Development.
The two commissioners were suspended for dereliction of duties, a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor, said on Saturday.
They are to handover all government property in their possession, including their official vehicles to the Secretary to the State Government with immediate effect.
The statement read in part: “The Governor of Ebonyi State, His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has approved the indefinite suspension from office of Engr. Stanley Lebechi Mbam, Hon. Commissioner for Works and Engr. Ogbonnaya Obasi Abara, Hon. Commissioner for Infrastructure Development for Concession, for dereliction of duties.
“They are to handover all government property in their possession including their official vehicles to the Secretary to the State Government with immediate effect”.