{"id":14232,"date":"2015-05-28T13:27:44","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T13:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=14232"},"modified":"2015-05-28T13:27:44","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T13:27:44","slug":"ahead-may-29-swearing-in-panic-grips-okorochas-commissioners-appointees-over-dissolution-of-expanded-exco-as-lobbyists-move-in-to-woo-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=14232","title":{"rendered":"Ahead May 29 Swearing-In.Panic Grips Okorocha\u2019s  Commissioners, Appointees . Over Dissolution Of Expanded Exco, As Lobbyists Move In To Woo Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?attachment_id=14233\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14233\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/okoroch1.jpg\" alt=\"okoroch\" width=\"206\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An air of uncertainty is reigning among Commissioners and other political appointees serving under Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State as programs for the swearing in of the governor for a second tenure reaches  feverish pitch.<br \/>\nExpectedly and  in  line  with  the  practice all over  the country, winners  of  the  April 11, 2015 governorship election will be sworn in on May 29, 2015 which the Imo State Governor is part  of.<br \/>\nBeyond the excitement preceding Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, is the tension and anxiety which has caught political appointees in the state.<br \/>\nTrumpeta  learnt  that  Okorocha  has concluded  plans  to dissolve  the state executive council either before the  swearing  in  or  immediately  after  he  takes the oath of office  for second  term.<br \/>\nThe suspicion that  Okorocha would sack all the Exco members heightened as  most  of  the commissioners and appointees are engaging  in last  minute activities  in their various ministries,  and offices.<br \/>\nOur reporter  who was  at  the state secretariat  noticed that  the commissioners  have started  winding up  their  functions and some coming  up  with farewell messages  and  activities.<br \/>\nWhile one  of the commissioners was said  to have  packed  out  private belongings  out  of  office waiting  for  the governor&#8217;s  final pronouncement sacking all Exco members a  major  stakeholder  in Okorocha&#8217;s government and  inlaw,  Uche Nwosu  has had his  final outing  for  now  in  the Ministry  of  Lands.<br \/>\nAt an elaborate programe  believed to  be  a farewell\/thank you even with Ministry of Land Workers, Nwosu&#8217;s body language showed that the hand of clock is moving  towards dissolution of the expanded  Exco.<br \/>\nAt the Government House, Owerri and recent public functions of the governor, appointees unable to decode  their faith in the coming dispensation gathered to discuss the expected dissolution in hushed tones.<br \/>\nThs newspaper was informed that some worried appointees are employing several tactics to warm into  the heart of the governor  to either survive the dissolution or regain  their portfolios in the reshufflement.<br \/>\nMore disturbed  are  the commissioners who  Trumpeta learnt  may  give  way to fresh persons, especially new APC converts  who joined the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An air of uncertainty is reigning among Commissioners and other political appointees serving under Governor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Frontpage<\/a>","tag_info":"Frontpage","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14234,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14232\/revisions\/14234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}