Sack Your Commissioners, Obi Tells Soludo

By CHUKS Collins, Awka

 Feb 7, 2026

Chief Benjamin Obi, a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has called on Anambra state governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to immediately sack a number of his commissioners for non performance. 

Chief Obi, a cousin to the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, noted that the governor needs to lay off no fewer than eighty per cent of his commissioners and advisers, all of whom he described as "non performing commissioners".

Obi who added that the governor needs to bring fresh hands on board, also recommended that the entire twenty one incumbent council chairmen and councilors in the State need to be replaced in the build up to the August 29, 2026 council election in the State.

According to him, the party in the State do not lack human capacity for any assignment at any time, noting that there were too many qualified hands on the queue.

He said that the sack of non performing commissioners and elected council heads, including councillors, who have always stated that they were not getting anything from the position they occupy, will enhance productivity as new faces would bring new ideas and zeal to the Solution Government.

"This in turn will enhance the reward system of the party. So many Mayors failed abysmally and allowing them to continue is to enthrone mediocrity."

Chief Obi also stressed the need for the LGAs election aspirants screening panels in all local government areas, to be trained and given appropriate guidelines to make sure that aspiring Council Chairmen and Councillors are true APGA faithful and are qualified without questionable certificates.

While tasking the governor and other APGA officials to take proper note of his submission, Chief Obi asserted that government is all about the enthronement of meritocracy rather than mediocrity.