Ebonyi Commissioner, Okoro-Emegha resigns
[From CHINEDU NWAFOR, Abakaliki]
Ebonyi State Commissioner for Internal Security, Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha has resigned his appointment.
State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barrister Uchenna Orji, who disclosed this on Monday during press briefing on the outcome of State Executive Council meeting held, said his resignation letter had been accepted by government.
He said the Council applauded him for his service to the State.
Orji who explained that Mr Okoro-Emegha’s resignation took effect from August, 31, 2021, disclosed that the Council approved his appointment as security consultant to Ebonyi state government, effective from 1st day of September, 2021.
The State spokesman said Mr Okoro-Emegha was expected to attend all State’s functions including State Executive Council meetings, and liaise with the Commissioner for Internal Security and or SA on Internal Security in the running of the security architecture of the State, in his new appointment.
“The State Executive Council (EXCO) did approve the resignation of the Commissioner for Internal Security, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, effective from 31st of August, 2021. EXCO did wish him well in his new job and was commended very highly for his sense of discipline, loyalty and hardwork and exemplary service in the appointments he had before this time.
“EXCO further approved his appointment as a special security consultant to Ebonyi State government, effective from 1st day of September, 2021. In this regard, he is required to attend all State’s functions including State Executive Council meetings. And he is required by virtue of his new appointment to liaise with the Commissioner for Internal Security and or SA on Internal Security in the running of the security architecture of the State. This decision of the EXCO will be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for approval,” Orji said.
Okoro-Emegha who is the incumbent Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC),Ebonyi State, it was gathered, is aspiring to be the State Chairman of the APC in the upcoming State Congress of the party.