“I will kick you out if you underperform:” Oborevwori threatens Delta commissioners

By Paul Dada

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has threatened to fire any of his commissioners who do not perform well.

He issued the threat on Monday while  inaugurating  the eight newly built duplexes at the Commissioners’ Quarters in Asaba.  Oborevwori said  that although he had no plan to dissolve his cabinet as being speculated, but any underperforming member of the State Executive Council would be sacked.

“If you are not performing, we will drop you, and that will not affect other people.

“If you are performing, you will stay. Like now, two or three people are not performing. I told one of them today at the chapel. You are not doing well.

“You know, there are a lot of rumours that the governor wants to dissolve the exco. These people haven’t even heard from me; this just shows that people like to talk too much.” he said.

Oborevwori added: “As a commissioner, we don’t see you. You talk, carry your memo, and look for the governor, because the governor will not come looking for you.

“There are others who are seeking me out; you have to bring energy and initiative into your ministry.

“If there is a problem in any ministry, hold the commissioner responsible. Any ministry that is doing very well shows that the commissioner is doing very well.

“We have a lot of projects to inaugurate. I don’t think we will stop before the end of this year. We may not be able to inaugurate all of them, but I believe we will do our best.

“We want to emulate Mr President in what he did on Saturday during the inauguration of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road. They articulated all the projects and decided to stay in one particular location to inaugurate them.”