Otti’s directive is contained in a statement issued in Umuahia on Tuesday by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr Ferdinand Ekeoma.
He also stated that Governor Alex Otti directed the immediate dissolution of all boards of the government agencies and parastatals and subsequently ordered the chief executives of those organisations to hand over to those next in line to them.
Otti, a former bank chief, assumed office on Monday, May 29, as the fifth democratically-elected governor of Abia on the platform of the Labour Party.
Ekeoma further disclosed that the governor had approved the appointment of Prof. Kenneth Kalu as the Secretary to the State Government.
The rest are Mr Kazie Ukoh (Chief Press Secretary to the Governor), Mrs Njum Onyemenam (Accountant General) and Mr Ogbonnia Okereke (Head, Special Taskfore on Emergency Cleanup of Aba & Umuahia).
According to the statement, all the appointments take immediate effect.
(NAN)