Chijioke Ihunwo, the Caretaker Chairman of Obio-Akpor Local Government Area in Rivers State, has sparked controversy by appointing 100 Special Assistants.
His decision has drawn backlash from netizens after announcing the appointment of 100 special assistants on Wednesday.
Ihunwo had written on his X handle, “As the Caretaker Chairman of Obio-Akpor local government area of Rivers State, I have approved the appointment of one hundred Special Assistants.”
Ihunwo then listed the names of the 100 appointees without specifying their portfolios.
He stated, “While congratulating the appointees, I charged them to work effectively and key into my developmental agenda, and inline with the vision of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.”
Nigerians, reacting to this, criticised Ihunwo for the appointments.
In a tweet, @AyanbisiAT, said, “100 Special Assistants is too small sha. Obio-Akpor LGA has a population of 665,000 people. 10% of that number, at 66,500 Special Assistants would have been better. Add more numbers please, my able Chairman! ”
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Another user, @flourish007, said, “Guess this is a joke taken too far? Otherwise, I would like you to define their job responsibilities or if they would be working free of charge?? Who are these people for God’s sake?”
On X.com, Julius Adegunna, who uses the Twitter handle @adegunna_julius, “This is wasteful. How many wards and towns do you have in your local government ?”
Also reacting to the incident, @Darling88663948, wrote, “You and your uncountable funny assistants have lost your positions. You can reappoint them after you are duly elected.”
@jupresss, said, “100 special assistants to Oga caretaker. With their own assistants and advisory. How can a local government afford such splurge? ”
However, recall that the Supreme Court ruled that a state government has no power to appoint a caretaker committee and that a local government council is only recognisable with a democratically elected government.
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