There are indications that a cabinet reshuffle will soon take place in the Abia State Executive Council as the state Governor, Dr Alex Otti has announced his intention to carry out minor restructuring of Ministries to make them more dynamic and productive.
Governor Alex Otti who announced this at the swearing in of a batch of 6 new commissioners to rejig and complement the State Executive council warned the new appointees against infighting and made it clear that his administration will not tolerate any act capable of bringing the government to disrepute.
He noted that the newly sworn in commissioners are a crop of professionals drawn from various sectors and urged them to be excellent administrators and team players in order to drive the execution of the programmes and agenda in their ministries.
“We have carefully selected these highly accomplished individuals to bring new ideas and energy to our team. The new nominations and appointments were made pursuant to our agenda to create a robust architecture that supports excellent service delivery”
“One of the major hallmarks of our administration is going against practices that had proven to stifle growth and dynamism. We have publicly rejected the traditional recruitment pattern of filling strategic Government offices with cronies who do very little in terms of execution of businesses of governance”, Gov. Otti noted.
The Governor while assuring them that he is ever ready to provide them with necessary guidance, further made public that his government is working on setting up the Greater Ohafia Development Authority to oversee the development of Abia North.
Responding on behalf of her colleagues, Dr (Mrs) Maureen Ijeoma Aghukwa thanked the Governor for finding them worthy to serve and pledged that they will put in their best to move the State forward.
The newly sworn in Commissioners are, Mr David U. Kalu, Kingsley Chibueze Nwokocha, Dr. Uwaoma Ukandu, Dr. (Mrs ) Queen Ijeoma Aghukwa, Ubochi Goodluck Chinedu and Professor Ogbonnaya Uche.
