Akpabio Drops Commissioner, Retires Perm Sec

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has  dropped the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Helen Ukpabio, from his cabinet.

A statement issued in Uyo by Mr Aniekan Umanah, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications Tuesday,  said the commissioner’s sack was with immediate effect.

The statement also said the governor approved the retirement of the Permanent Secretary in the same ministry, Mrs Arit Okpo.

According to the statement, the governor expressed appreciation to them for their services to the state and wished them success in their future endeavours.

No reason was, however, given for the governor’s action.

Ukpabio was a director in the state Ministry of Education before her appointment as the Commissioner for Education in 2012.

She was latter redeployed to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare where she was dropped from the cabinet.