Governor Orji sacks Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants... Says 'No Condition Is Permanent'

Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has dissolved the body of Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants.

The governor who announced the dissolution on Tuesday during a banquet at the Government House, Umuahia, thanked the former aides for their diligence and support to his government.

The governor who said that he meant well by his decision to dissolve the body of Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants, implored them to see the development as normal in politics.

” We want to reengineer by appointing new people, and those who have done well will be brought back. I don’t want any of you to be like the typical politician who are not disciplined, and don’t start to romance with the opposition. This is a normal thing that happens in politics just to allow other people to come in. No condition is permanent.

“I want to thank you sincerely for your diligence and support to the government. Government means well for all of us. Any success achieved by this government is attributable to you. You have been dependable pillars to our government, please don’t fight this government.”

Former chairman of the body of advisers, Chief Isaac Ogbonna, thanked the governor for giving them the opportunity to serve the state in different capacities. He described Governor Orji as “a good man.”

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Lagos State Govt. re-opens Ex-Gov Orji Uzor Kalu’s Ikoyi Mansion, Gives him 14 days to pay Land Use charge debt

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday explained why it shut a building belonging to a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu. 

The state said Kalu defaulted in the payment of his Land Use Charge, an annual fee paid by all landlords for their property in Lagos State.

The house is located in Park View, Ikoyi, a highbrow area of the state.

A statement by the state government said that contrary to the political undertones read into the sealing of the property, Kalu had failed to pay the fees despite the three notices served him.

The development comes a week after Kalu criticized the state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, for deporting some indigenes of Anambra state.

But the government stated that following the intervention of Governor Babatunde Fashola, the house has been re-opened with a warning that Kalu pays the charge within fourteen days of grace.

The statement reads: 

"The attention of the Lagos State Government has been drawn to a misleading claim by a businessman, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu that his Ikoyi home has been sealed off following a threat to sue the Lagos State Government over an unrelated matter.

"We wish to state, for the avoidance of doubt, that nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is that Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu’s property in Park View Estate, Ikoyi was distrained pursuant to Section 40 of the Revenue Administration Law of Lagos State for failure to pay the statutory annual land use charge despite three separate notices delivered to the said property.

"As a government driven by law and process, the Lagos State Government will ordinarily expect all law abiding residents to discharge their responsibilities to the state.

"If, in spite of failing to do so, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu wants to give ethnic colouration to a routine performance of its duties by an agency of the state government, which in this case is the Land Use Charge Office, under the Ministry of Finance, he is welcome to do so.

"However it should be noted that when the issue was brought to the attention of the Governor, Tuesday evening, he directed the agency to unseal the property and that an additional 14 days grace period be given to Mr. Kalu to pay the said charge.

"It should be emphasised that notices like these are served on defaulting property owners on a regular basis who either comply or contact the Agency to raise any objections they might have to such notice. Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu, like every other citizen, must fulfil his obligation to the State," it said.

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