Governor Oborevwori suspends commissioner, others
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State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori has ordered the immediate suspension of the
state Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Omoun Perez.
Also,
the governor ordered the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Bennett Agamah;
Assistant Director, Agricultural Engineering, Oki Yintareke; and the Chief Accountant,
Gabriel Idiatacheko, to proceed on compulsory leave until further notice in
line with civil service extant rules.
The
decision was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State
Government, Dr. Kingsley Emu, copies of which were made available to
journalists in Warri on Wednesday.
The
statement explained that the measures became imperative, following the outcome
of the review of the implementation of the Greenhouse project by the state
Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The
statement added that the decision was taken “consequent upon the interim report
of the committee and in order to have an unimpeded access to information during
the period of the investigations.”
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