The Rivers State Commissioner for Special Duties, Emeka Woke, has resigned from his position.
Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Mrs Inime Chiwenwo Aguma and Commissioner for Works, Dr George-Kally D. Alabo and Commissioner of Finance, Isaacs Kamalu, have also turned in their resignation letters.
The latest development is coming barely a few hours after the Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN) resigned from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet.
While Aguma cited personal and other pressing commitments as reasons for her decision to resign, Alabo said his decision to resign was based on conscience, personal philosophy, and professional ethics.
Both letters were dated December 14, 2023.
THE CONCLAVE reports that Woke was the Chief of Staff during the administration of the immediate past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, the incumbent Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Fubara had, on the assumption of office, appointed Woke, an ally of Wike, as the Commissioner for Special Duties.
Woke, however, confirmed his resignation from Fubara’s cabinet on Thursday evening.
“Yes, I have resigned as the Commissioner for Special Duties today,” he said.
When asked if there was any reason for his resignation, Woke said: “When you get the soft copy of my letter of resignation, you will get the reason.”
This development has brought to five the number of commissioners who had resigned from Fubara’s cabinet in the last two days.
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