Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State on Saturday suspended the Commissioner for Works, Engr. Stanley Mbam, and the Commissioner for Infrastructure Development, Engr. Ogbonnaya Obasi Abara, for dereliction of duty.

The suspension was contained in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Dr. Monday Uzor, which our Correspondent obtained a copy of in Abakaliki.

They were mandated to handover all government properties in their possession, including their official vehicles, to the Secretary to the State Government with immediate effect.

The statement reads, “Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, FNIOB, FCAI, GGCEHF, has approved the indefinite suspension from office of Engr. Stanley Lebechi Mbam, Hon. Commissioner for Works and Engr. Ogbonnaya Obasi Abara, Hon. Commissioner for Infrastructure Development for Concession, for dereliction of duty.

“They are to handover all government property in their possession, including their official vehicles, to the Secretary to the State Government with immediate effect”.