Gov Elechi sacks SSG, reshuffles cabinet

From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Abakaliki
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State yesterday, sacked the
Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Fidelis Mbam
and appointed Dr. Boniface Chima as a replacement.
The governor said he relieved Chief Mbam of the position as
SSG on health ground. Dr. Chima, was until his appointment,
the secretary of Ebonyi Founding Fathers Forum and a retired
federal civil servant.
Elechi, who swore in the new SSG yesterday at the Executive
Chambers of Government House, Abakaliki, commended Mbam
for his dedication to service for almost eight years of his
administration.
Speaking after he was sworn in, Chima promised to leave up
to expectation by carrying out his duty diligently to the people
of the state.
The governor also announced a minor reshuffling of his
cabinet due to the resignation of some members of his cabinet
to vie for various political offices in the forthcoming general
elections.
Under the reshuffling, Dr. Ifeanyi Ike, the Commissioner for
Commerce and Industry will oversee the Ministry of
Information and State Orientation, while the Commissioner for
Works and Transport, Mr. Chukwuma Nwandiugo will oversee
the Department of Petroleum, Pricing and Distribution. Chief
Jonah Egba, formerly of Inter-Party Dialogue will now take
over the Department of Grants and Donor Agency and oversee
the Department of Economic Empowerment and Poverty
Reduction.
Also, the Commissioner for Environment, Dave Egbu, will now
head Solid Minerals Development Department while his
counterpart in charge of Border Peace and Conflict Resolution,
Chief Donatus Ajah, moves over to the Ministry of
Environment to be assisted by the current SA on Project
Monitoring, Felix Otah.
Meanwhile, Elechi has scrapped two departments of Inter-
party Dialogue and Border Peace and Conflict.