By Kamil Opeyemi
There is a mass exodus of members of the Executive Council of the Rivers state as the crisis rocking state deepened on Thursday as another five commissioners in the cabinet of Governor Sim Fubara, resigned from their positions.
NPO Reported earlier that the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Zacchaeus Adangor (SAN), had turned in his resignation from the cabinet in a letter addressed to the Governor through the Secretary of state to the Government.
Others who later quit the cabinet before the end of the day were Commissioner for Works, Dr Des George-Kelly; Commissioner for Special Duties, Emeka Woke; Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Mrs Inime Aguma; the Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu; and the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chinedu Mmom. Kamalu, while tendering her resignation wrote, ““I hereby resign my appointment as the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Rivers State for personal reasons.
“I wish to express my sincere appreciation for the opportunity given to me to serve in your administration and wish you the best as you carry on with the governance of the state.”