GOV. AKPABIO DROPS COMMISSIONER FOR WOMEN AFFAIRS AND SOCIAL WELFARE, PERMANENT SECRETARY

Helen Ukpabio

Governor of Akwa Ibom State,  Godswill Akpabio today, 15th Jan., 2013 dropped the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Helen Ukpabio, from his cabinet and retired the Permanent  Secretary of the state, Mrs Arit Okpo.
 

The statement released by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr Aniekan Umanah, stated that the commissioner’s sack was with immediate effect and that the governor has approved the retirement of the Permanent Secretary in the same ministry

Although no reason was given for their dismissals, my inside source says they failed to organise for the release of white pigeons from a box during the Armed Forces Rembrance day which held today. The release of the box of pigeons is a significant part of remembering and honoring members of the Armed Forces who have fallen (by that I mean dead).