The governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru has suspended 25 Commissioners, 22 permanent secretaries, 14 senior special assistants, 24 special assistants and the Attorney General of the state.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Monday Uzor, the commissioners and other political appointees are to proceed on a one-month working suspension with immediate effect, without salary payment because they had failed to attend an important government function.
The suspended commissioners are: Attorney General, Works, Finance, Information, Rural Development, Education, Agriculture, Water Resources, Commerce and Industry, Environment, Health, Arts and Culture, among others.
The Governor also directed that the affected commissioners and other political appointees are prohibited from signing any official document within one month of their working suspension.
