The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, on Thursday, dissolved the 17 local government transition committees and removed all chairmen and their deputies.
This was announced in a release by Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor.
The removed chairmen and their deputies are to hand over to head of service 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.”
