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‘Disbanded!’ Gov Ortom lays off commissioners, retains only five

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday, dissolved his cabinet, retaining only five of them.

Commissioner for Land and Survey, Attorney General of the State, and Commissioner for Justice, Nenge Nenge and Michael Gusa, have all been retained.

Commissioner of Energy, Dr. Godwin Oyiwona, Science and Technology Oversight Ministry of Education; David Olofu, Commissioner of Finance; and Dr. Joseph Ngbea, Commissioner of Health and Human Services, were also retained.

Dennis Ekpe Ogbu, Commissioner of Housing and Urban Development at the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism, and Nylazungwe Igirgi, Commissioner of Women Affairs, are among the others.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Tony Ijohor.

The statement added that the governor had forwarded the list of nominees to the State Assembly.

Some of the names sent to the assembly according to SSG include Ternar Jester Kyange, Unngwa Sechia Jude, Agbatar Rodney Williams, and Michael Umoru Inalegwu.

Others are Agber Benjamin Armar, Dr Jane Ogoma Aja, Sarwuan Tamongo, and Nguhe Teyima Levi.

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