Twenty three new Commissioners have been sworn into the Abia State Executive Council with a charge by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to align themselves with the vision of the state government as well as make their own input to expand the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in their various ministries.
Speaking at the International Conference Center venue of the swearing in ceremony, Governor Ikpeazu while noting that appointments into public office is a call to duty, further charged them to put in their very best in service of their fatherland adding that they were chosen to play strategic roles in their various ministries.
He urged them to mobilize the state workforce for greater productivity in their various ministries in addition to forming synergy with other Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
According to the Governor,his administration in its final tenure is in a hurry to achieve its mandate and promise to the people of the state hence its “desire to work a little faster than before”.
Ikpeazu, while noting that lack of logistics should not be an excuse for the new commissioners not to perform warned them to be up and doing as he would not hesitate to relieve from duty anyone who fails to perform optimally.
In a vote of thanks on behalf of his colleagues, the Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Aham Uko thanked the Governor for finding them fit to serve in his cabinet and assured that the Commissioners would work in line with the policy thrust of the present administration.
Twenty three new Commissioners have been sworn into the Abia State Executive Council with a charge by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to align themselves with the vision of the state government as well as make their own input to expand the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in their various ministries.
