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  • Ebonyi sacks 48 state security outfit members, suspends 27

    The Ebonyi State Government on Friday announced the sack of 48 members of the state’s security outfit, Neigbourhood Security Watch and suspended 27 members of the outfit.

    Dr Keneth Ugbala, the governor’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Internal Security made the announcement, noting that their offences included non-performance and absenteeism from duty.

    Ugbala said that the affected persons consisted mainly of the newly recruited “Batch B’ members of the outfit who were expected to justify the huge remuneration on them by the government.

    “They failed to meet the seven days out of one month compliance on attendance and for the fact that we don’t condone laziness in the state’s workforce, they had to be sacked.

    “We gave them several warnings to change their attitude to work but they failed and we have commenced the process of replacing them,” he said.

    The governor’s aide noted that those suspended did not measure up to two weeks of attendance compliance required of them.

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    “We hope that they will learn their lessons and live up to expectations or they will join those already sacked.

    “No job opportunity is too small to be abused as they prayed to get it and should therefore be serious with it.

    “`Seven out of the 48 sacked members of the outfit were from the Batch A set, while the rest are from the Batch B,” he said.

    He directed all the sacked personnel to immediately return all the outfits’ properties in their possession, while those on suspension should face the disciplinary committee of the outfit.

    NAN

  • Akeredolu’s aide resigns appointment

    The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Oil&Gas, Benson Enikuomehin  has resigned his appointment.

    Enikuomehin, the former commissioner representing Ondo state on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) thanked the governor for granting him the opportunity to serve the state in that capacity.

    In  a two-paragraph letter, dated November 30, Enikuomehin said” I write to resign my appointment forthwith as the SSA to the governor on Oil& Gas. I am grateful for the rare opportunity.

    The lawyer however did not give reasons for his resignation.

    Commissioner for Information and Orientation,Yemi Olowolabi wished Enikuomehin well in his future endeavours.

  • Lalong’s Director of Press dies in India

    Mr Emmanuel Nanle, Director of Press and Public Affairs to Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, is dead.

    Nanle died on Tuesday night in an Indian hospital, according to family sources.

    The sources said Nanle was flown to India last Thursday when his situation could not be handled locally.

    Mr Mark Longyen, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Gov. Lalong on Media and Publicity, confirmed the death to News Agency of Nigeria in Jos on Wednesday.

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    Longyen said the state government received the news of Nanle’s death with shock.

    The SSA could not, however, disclose what Nanle died of but a source told News Agency of Nigeria that he died of colon cancer.

    According to the source, the late director was treated of the disease in January in India.

  • Taraba governor’s media aide is dead

    Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Media and Publicity to Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, Sylvanus Yakubu Giwa died Friday.

    It was not clear what caused his demise, but unconfirmed report said he died of congestive heart failure.

    Governor Ishaku, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS) Hassan Mijinyawa, has commiserated with Giwa’s family on the death which he described as sudden.

    Ishaku described the late Giwa as a hardworking professional who stood firmly by the lofty ideals of the journalism profession and by the interest of the people of Taraba State.

    Giwa died at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo.

    The deceased was the General Manager of the Taraba Television during the Jolly Nyame administration.

    He served as Governor Danbaba Suntai’s SSA Media and Publicity Assistant and was returned in the position by Governor Ishaku in 2015.

     

     

  • Wike sacks his SSA on Protocol

    Wike sacks his SSA on Protocol

    The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has sacked his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Protocol, Sir Joe Akpa.

    Wike, through his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, Friday in Port Harcourt, wished Akpa well in his future endeavours.

    No reason was given for the sack of the top aide by Wike, a lawyer and former Minister of State for Education, but investigation revealed that Akpa was suddenly relieved of his appointment in view of a minor breach of protocol.

    It was also gathered that the Rivers governor, who is a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), capitalised on the breach of protocol to remove the SSA, mainly for fraternising with some leaders of the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, ahead of the December 10 legislative rerun by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    Elections in the Niger Delta state had been a battle between the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, a former Rivers governor, backed by APC’s governorship candidate in the state, during last year’s election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, who is also the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), and Wike, ex-Chief of Staff to Amaechi and Director-General of Amaechi Re-election Campaign Organisation in 2011, before the former governor recommended him (Wike) to former President Goodluck Jonathan for ministerial appointment.