Suspended Health Commissioner in Abia, Ngozi Okoronkwo resigns

The suspended Abia State Commissioner for Health, Dr Ngozi Okoronkwo has tendered her resignation to Governor Alex Otti.

A press release signed by Ukoha Njoku Ukoha, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said the Governor while accepting her resignation, thanked Dr Okoronkwo for her services to the state and for her modest achievements in repositioning the health sector for better service delivery in the last one year.

He wished her well in her future endeavours.

“The Governor reiterated his commitment to the transformation of Abia State and reminded Abians that they gave him the mandate to assemble his team, and this includes hiring, suspending or sacking his appointees or rejigging and reshuffling his cabinet whenever the need arises for the sole purpose of delivering all his promises to the people”, the CPS said.

DAILY POST recalls that the Abia State Commissioner for Agriculture, Professor Monica Ironkwe and Commissioner for Science and Technology, Chima Oriaku tendered their resignations from Governor Alex Otti’s cabinet last week.

The reasons for their resignations are still not known.