DC CODINATORS, COMMISSIONER, SSG AND OTHERS RESIGNS FROM ELECHI' GOVERNMENT

A few weeks to the general elections in Nigeria, some
prominent members of Ebonyi State, Governor Martin Elechi's
cabinet, including Secretary to the State Government (SSG),
Chief Fidelis Mbam, Commissioner for Grants and
Donor Agencies, Fred Udeogu, prominent members of the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and council bosses
have resigned their appointments.
The resignations, Daily Independent gathered, were in
sympathy to the governorsh
ip ambition of the PDP
governorship candidate, Dave Umahi.
Whereas Uddeogu explained that he resigned for the reason of
strange political outings of the government, Mbam kept close
to his heart his reason for the action.
The commissioner in his resignation letter explained that he
had watched the political situation in the state, saying that
hence his advice was not needed to tackle the situation it was
morally better for him to resign from the cabinet.
Udeogu who had served as Commissioner in the both Dr. Sam
Ewgu and Elechi-led administrations said it would smear his
integrity and standing to pretend to be in two political parties,
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party at a
the same time hence he had to leave the government and
participate fully in the affairs of the PDP.
Two coordinators of development centres who resigned, Mr.
Ogbonnaya Odi and Dr. Emma Kanadu, said they resigned
their appointments so that they could freely campaign for the
PDP in the elections.
In their reaction, they stated that: "We decided to resign so
that we can freely support our great party, PDP. We are not
members of the Labour Party but PDP. We believe that it is
necessary that power should go the South senatorial district of
the state and Dave Umahi is our candidate. We are with him
and will support him till he becomes the next Governor of
Ebonyi state".
Feelers in some quarters revealed that by this week, about
five more commissioners are likely to resign their
appointments in solidarity with the PDP governorship
candidate, who last week begun his campaign to the 13 local
government areas in the state.
Reacting to the development, the state supervising
Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Ike, described their
resignations as ennobling, adding that their decision was in
line with constitutional provisions for those occupying public
offices.