Obaseki Sacks Commissioner Over Performance

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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state has sacked the commissioner for Roads and Bridges, Engr. Newton Okojie. 

Okojie’s sack was disclosed in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare, in Benin, on Monday, October 31.

The statement announcing Okojie’s sack implies that the commissioner was relieved of his job over alleged poor performance.

He also directed the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Engr. Osikhena Omoh Ojior, to take charge pending the appointment of a substantive commissioner.

In a similar development, Governor Obaseki recently approved the restructuring of the state’s civil and public service to cut waste in government and eliminate duplication of functions.

This was disclosed after the weekly Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Obaseki at the Government House in Benin City on Wednesday, September 21. With the development, ministries in the state have now been cut down from 22 to 18, while Ministries, Departments and Agencies have been reduced from 105 to 72.

In other news, Governor Obaseki, on Monday, October 24, warned that Nigeria will break up if the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, win the 2023 general elections.

He made the comment at the inauguration of the Edo state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s campaign council in the state. The governor said no right-thinking person will vote in the APC and Tinubu in next February’s presidential election.

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