Imo State Governor Sacks Chief Ford Ozumba (SEE DETAILS)

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma  has sacked his Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba, over an ongoing face-off between the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the state government. The move comes amid an industrial action by the organised labour union in Imo State, which has led to a power outage in the state.

According to a statement by the governor’s media aide, Mr Oguwike Nwachuku, the governor has approved the immediate removal of Chief Ford Ozumba from office. The statement added that the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Declan Emelumba, said the governor directed Chief Ozumba to hand over to the Permanent Secretary at the ministry with immediate effect.

Meanwhile, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said that the power outage being experienced in some parts of the South-East is a result of the industrial action by the organised labour union in Imo State. The DisCo said the industrial action had led to the shutdown of its source of supply, leaving it with no energy to distribute.

The EEDC has also urged the affected communities to ensure that the electricity infrastructure serving them is not attacked by vandals who might want to take advantage of the situation to attack and vandalise electricity equipment.

The DisCo said it understood the inconveniences the situation would cause its customers and expressed hope that the issue would be resolved within the shortest possible time so that power could be restored to customers.