Amid the unending political impasse in Rivers State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara, has demoted two core loyalists of the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike in a major cabinet reschuffle.
A circular from the office of the Secretary to the State Government titled ‘Cabinet Reshufflement’ and signed by the Secretary to the state government, Dr. Tammy Wenike Danagogo, said the governor has approved that the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, be immediately moved to Ministry of Special Duties (Governor’s Office).
It also read that the Commissioner for Finance Barr. Isaac Kamalu, should be sent Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment.
The two are key loyalists of Mr Wike, and had resigned their offices, but were later restored to their positions following the controversial peace agreement brokered by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.
Their reassignment to minor ministries comes fews days after the Rivers State House of Assembly, also under the grip of Wike, passed a law stripping Governor Fubara of powers to appoint caretaker chairmen for the Local Governments in the State.
It was seen as a bold move in the chess game of who controls Rivers State.
Meanwhile the circular read: “His Excellency, the Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara,
GSSRS, has approved a minor cabinet reshufflement thus: Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor SAN, DSSRS, the former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, is now deployed to the MINISTRY OF SPECIAL DUTIES (GOVERNOR’S OFFICE)
“Barr. Isaac Kamalu, DSSRS, the former Commissioner for Finance, is now deployed to the MINISTRY OF EMPLOYMENT GENERATION AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT.
“They are to hand-over to their respective Permanent Secretaries immediately as this deployment/reshufflement takes immediate effect. All hand-over processes must be completed immediately.”
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