40 Days To Handover, Governor Ayade Issues Appointment Letters To Commissioner, Aides

<h4>40 Days To Handover<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> reports that curiosity broke out in Cross River State Wednesday when&comma; on the directive of governor Ben Ayade&comma; the secretary to the State government&comma; Barrister Banku Agbor&comma; issued a memo directing commissioners&comma; special advisers to show up in his office for the issuance of appointment letters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is happening with only 40 days to go and Governor Ayade created a new Ministry and appointed new Commissioner&period; It is unclear why Governor Ayade created a new ministry weeks before leaving office&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is happening after other Commissioners and special advisers have about 40 days to vacate office having served for almost four years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to the letter dated April 19 and titled &&num;8220&semi;Processing and Issuance of appointment letters&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the issuance of the appointment letters would begin on Wednesday&comma; April 26 and ends on Wednesday &comma; May 3 for different categories of appointees<br &sol;>&NewLine;The letter which however raised speculations on the basis of Ayade&&num;8217&semi;s intention is reproduced below<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20436" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;FB&lowbar;IMG&lowbar;1681938948070-225x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"225" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;