Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sacked the states’ Commissioner for Environment, Dr Igbiks Tamuno after he shocked him.

Wike announced the sack in a statement issued to newsmen by Mr Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Adviser on media, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.

The governor directed the commissioner to submit all government documents and property in his possession to the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment.

The Shock and why Dr Igbiks Tamuno was Sacked

Nyesom Wike, has explained that the Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Igbiks Tamuno was sacked because he engaged in acts that amounted to sabotage.

Wike spoke on Wednesday shortly after the state government signed contracts for the Trans -Kalabari Road project phase one, and the Saakpenwa-Bori -Kono Road project phase two at the Government House, Port Harcourt.

A statement signed by Kelvin Ebiri, said Wike accused Tamuno of writing to the construction giant, Julius Berger, to stop work in the entire state without his approval and he wondered where the sacked commissioner derived powers to issue such directive without getting clearance from the governor.

Wike said: “I don’t know how a commissioner can write to a company to stop work without my approval. And Julius Berger in that matter, to stop construction in the entire State, I have never heard of such thing before. I didn’t know that commissioners have so much power like that.

“I’m saying it because some of you don’t even know the limits of your power. These are contractors working for the state government.

“He (Tamuno) never interfaced with the Ministry of Works. We have paid Julius Berger and you ask them to stop work, so that they will come and ask for variation later?”

When asked to respond to the governor’s allegation, Tamuno, who said it, was strange, however, promised to confirm the governor’s statement before sending his reaction.