Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has suspended 81 government officials with immediate effect and without pay for one month.
A statement obtained by our correspondent on Monday night noted that among those affected in the wave of suspension are the Attorney General, 25 Commissioners, 22 permanent secretaries, including 14 senior special assistants, and 24 special assistants.
According to the statement, the officials had failed to attend an important government function.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Monday Uzor, the commissioners and other political appointees are to proceed on a one-month working suspension with immediate effect, without salary payment.
The suspended commissioners are: Attorney General, Works, Finance, Information, Rural Development, Education, Agriculture, Water Resources, Commerce and Industry, Environment, Health, Arts and Culture, among others.
The Governor also directed that the affected commissioners and other political appointees are prohibited from signing any official document within one month of their working suspension.
