Umahi Suspends Commissioner, Samuel Okoronkwo.

David Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State suspended the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters/Rural Development, Samuel Okoronkwo.

 Mr. Umahi did not state the reason for his action, it was learnt it had to do with selection of youth in the state for the Industrial Training Fund programme.

 Umahi asked the permanent secretary, Ministry of Finance, Ignatius Unah, to take charge of the LG ministry.

 Umahi announced the suspension while at the ITF programme in Abakaliki, also disbanded the state’s Committee on Employment.