Breaking: Gov Lalong Sacks Commissioners

Jide Afolabi, Jos

Plateau State Governor, Rt. Hon. Simon Lalong has dissolved his cabinet by sacking all the Commissioners.

Reasons for the dissolution was not given in the press release signed by Director of Press and Public Affairs, Mr. Samuel Nanle in the early hours of today, Thursday.

The statement reads: “The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong has dissolved the State Executive Cabinet with effect from the 8th of February2018.

“The Governor expresses his sincere appreciation to the Honourable Commissioners for their selfless service and immense contributions in delivering to the people of Plateau State, the dividends of democracy and in engendering hope in the All Progressives Congress – led administration in the State”

“The Executive Governor while wishing the Commissioners the best in their future endeavours assures them that as stakeholders in the Plateau Project, their wealth of experience would continuously be relied upon in building the Plateau of our dream. He therefore, calls on them not to relent in availing their services when called upon in the future to serve the State. The Honourable Commissioners are to hand over to Permanent Secretaries in their respective Ministries”.

However, CityMirrorNews correspondent learnt that the decision was to inject fresh blood into the cabinet. It was also alleged in some quarters that the dissolved cabinet underperformed. The Commissioners were appointed about two years ago.