Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has wielded the big stick, suspending no fewer than 87 government officials for failing to show up at a crucial state function.
The affected appointees made up of 25 commissioners, 14 senior special assistants, 24 special assistants, and 22 permanent secretaries, were slammed with a one-month working suspension without pay.
The directive, which took immediate effect, was announced in a statement released Monday night, July 28, 2025, by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor. According to the statement, the officials are also barred from signing any official documents during the suspension period.
“The Governor of Ebonyi State, Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has directed that the underlisted government functionaries proceed on a one-month working suspension without salary for failure to attend an important government function,” Uzor said in the statement.
In addition, the governor ordered the suspended commissioners to hand over their responsibilities to their respective permanent secretaries, pending their return.
Uzor emphasized that Governor Nwifuru remains uncompromising about discipline and expects all public officials to display “the highest standards of conduct and dedication in serving the people of Ebonyi State.”
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