The Ebonyi State governor, Engr. David Umahi, onWednesday, suspended the Permanent Secretary in State's Ministry of Power and Energy, Engr. Godwin Nwankwo,
“Exco approved the suspension from office of the two persons who are directly responsible for supervision of streetlights under the Ministry of Power, Permanent Secretary, Engr. Godwin Nwankwo, Ministry of Power and Energy, and the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Utility, Hon. Emmanuel Nwangbo.
In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner of the Ministry of Power, Dr. Kenneth Ugballa, he said that the indeginite suspension was as a result of his inability to discharge his duty effectively. Barr. Orji said that EXCO also received a memo from the Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development for the appropriation of the Ecological Funds approved and released by President Mohammadu Buhari on the landslide in Ogwuma Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of the State.
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