Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has fired the Commissioner of Labour and Productivity.
Declan Emelumba, the Commissioner for Information, stated in a statement on Saturday that the dismissal was effective right away.
According to reports, Uzodimma gave Ozumba the order to give the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Productivity all essential paperwork right away.
However, Emelumba did not give a reason for the sack of the commissioner.
But it was gathered that Ozuba’s sack, may not be unconnected with the ongoing state-wide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, that has crippled the public power supply in Imo state, for the third day now.
The strike in the state caused a lot of controversies with the Imo state traders last Friday staging a protest in front of the Imo government house.
They warned the National Chairman of NLC, Joe Ajero, that the traders were ready to face him squarely to stop the strike in the state and that due to the power outage, they are now facing more economic challenges in the state.
It should be recalled that the NLC, National President, Ajero, has ordered a strike alleging that the Imo state government was interfering in their NLC, state election.
