The Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Today, 18th May 2021, has dissolved the state cabinet with immediate effect. Affected are all members of the Executive Council.
The dissolution happened immediately after the Council’s meeting presided over by him.
Also affected are Special Advisers, the Secretary to the State Government, Senior Political Advisers, Chief Strategist of the government and the Chief of Staff.
Briefing newsmen immediately after the meeting, the immediate past Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu in the company of the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Olisa Ifeajika said that the dissolution is part of efforts to restructure governance for better service delivery.
Aniagwu said that before announcing the dissolution of the State Executive Council, the Governor thanked everyone for the contributions.
According to him, members of the dissolved exco have been advised to hand over all government property in their possession to the next most senior government officials in their various offices.
“The State Executive Council has been dissolved. All Commissioners are to hand over to their permanent secretaries with immediate effect.
“All Special Advisers are also to hand over to the person who is next to them including the Chief Strategist of the government and of course including the Chief of Staff, the SSG and the Senior Political Adviser.
“The governor, before announcing the dissolution of the exco, thanked all members of his government for their contributions… both those who have been there in the past six years and those who joined the train train two years ago,” the Commissioner said.
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