A fresh wave of resignations has hit the Rivers State Government headed by Governor Siminalayi Fubara as four more commissioners, who are loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, have resigned from the governor’s cabinet.
Those who resigned are Chinedu Mmom (commissioner of Education), Gift Worlu (commissioners of Housing) Jacobson Nbina (Commissioner of Transport) and Inime Aguma (Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation) saying “there is no room for progression in the work place”.
Mmom and Worlu cited a toxic working environment as the main reason for their exit while Nbina cited “unresolved political crisis” in the state as his reason for exit.
The four persons were among the commissioners who first resigned from the governor’s cabinet last December in the wake of the political crisis in the state but were readmitted into Fubara’s cabinet following President Bola Tinubu’s intervention.
Earlier, three commissioners, Zacchaeus Adangor, Emeka Woke and Alabo George-Kelly also resigned from the Ministries of Justice, Special Projects and Works respectively.
Governor Fubara recently announced a plan by his administration to set up a panel of inquiry to probe the governance of the state under the Wike administration.