Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has directed immediate sack of 560 senior technical assistants and technical assistants as well as coordinators of 64 development centres and over 200 management committee members in the state.
A statement by the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Clement A Nweke, said the sack took effect from yesterday.
He stated: “The governor, David Nweze Umahi, has approved the dissolution of the 64 coordinators and management committee members and also all the senior technical assistants and technical assistants to the governor with effect from 1st of May 2019.
“He directed that all the affected public servants should submit all the official materials in their possession to the Principal Secretary to the governor on or before 1st May 2019.
“He wished them well and promised to invite them for a valedictory session to appreciate them soon”.