Mixed Reactions Trail Ebonyi SSG’s Resignation

Mixed Reactions Trail Ebonyi SSG's Resignation

Mixed reactions have trailed the resignation of Prof. Bernard Odoh, as the Secretary to Ebonyi State Government.

Odoh who resigned on Monday, said that the atmosphere within the cabinet of the present administration would not allow him and other members of EXCO to discharge their duties optimally.

"The way our administration has been run in the past two years has not offered conducive atmosphere for members of Executive Council and myself inclusive, to sincerely air contrary views on matters in EXCO, and contrary views were instantly perceived as not supporting the administration.

"Because of this, majority of council members resorted to praise singing and dramatisation of council procedures in order to guarantee their daily bread,'' Odoh wrote in his resignation letter.

Opposition politicians in Ebonyi on Tuesday in Abakaliki lauded the resignation describing the action as one taken in 'good' faith.

The opposition politicians mainly from the All Progressives Congress (APC) said that the resignation was a vindication of the party's position that Gov. Dave Umahi was running a one-man administration.

The state Acting Chairman of the APC, Mr Eze Nwachukwu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) commended Odoh's action.

He described Odoh's decision to quit the Umahi government as a good development and commended him for taking a progressive step.

"The resignation is a good development, a decision taken to demonstrate that there is a disconnect in the administration, we commend the erudite professor for taking the right step in the right direction.

"We commend his courage, his boldness for quitting the administration and this has gone a long way in vindicating the position of APC on Umahi's administration.

"This is a government that has no feeling for the poor, this is a government that is so undemocratic, this is a government that does not adhere to due process, and has no respect for social contract it entered into with the people.

"We are waiting to welcome back the professor into the fold of the progressives where he belongs,'' Nwachukwu said.

An APC chieftain, and former Commissioner for Works and Transportation, and Environment in Ebonyi, Dr Paul Okorie, noted that the SSG by his resignation exercised his right to freedom of choice.

"It is the right of any appointee in government to choose when to leave and when not to leave, and Odoh by his action yesterday only exercised this freedom of choice,'' Okorie said.

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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner