The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed to journalists after Wednesday's State Executive Council meeting that Governor Alex Otti has dismissed his Chief Press Secretary, Kazie Uko.
Kalu Ukoha Kalu will now take over the role of Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.
Last June, Governor Otti ordered the immediate suspension of all Permanent Secretaries in the state's civil service, as well as the Head of Service. This move followed the inauguration of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry, tasked with recovering state government properties and funds.
According to a press release issued by Kazie Uko, the then-Governor's Chief Press Secretary, Lady Joy Maduka, Director of the Ministry of Education, was appointed as the Acting Head of Service (HOS) effective immediately.
Uko also instructed that all Permanent Secretaries, except for John Pedro Iroakazi, the Clerk of the State House of Assembly, and the Solicitor General, Mrs. U.G. Uche Ikonne, must transfer their responsibilities to the highest-ranking Director within their respective Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, effective immediately.
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