Otti fires Abia LG chairmen, education secretaries

Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has disbanded the 17 local government transition committees.

This was announced in a release on Thursday by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor.

The removed chairmen and their deputies are to hand over to the head of personnel management of their respective local governments.

In a related development, Governor Otti also sacked education secretaries of the seventeen local government areas.

According to the release, “each affected education Secretary is to handover to the most senior director.

“These directives take immediate effect; therefore, the affected persons should comply and ensure seamless transfer of power in the local government areas.”