Monday, August 26, 2024-The Anambra State Government, on Sunday, August 25, reacted to the fight and alleged “strangulation” that occured between the Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Mrs Chinwe Achugbu and one of the Heads of Department, simply identified as Mrs Nkem.
Achugbu is one of the
new permanent secretaries appointed in March 2024 by the state governor, Prof.
Chukwuma Soludo.
The fight between
both women reportedly happened at work on Thursday, August 15, during an
argument over a yet-to-be-disclosed matter.
During the fight, Mrs
Chigbu is alleged to have strangled Mrs Nkem, thereby putting her in a coma.
According to reports,
the fight, which took place at the state ministry located at Dora Akunyili
Development Centre, required the intervention of the state commisoner of Women
Affairs Mrs Ify Obinabo for temporal peace to be restored between the two senior
staff.
However, the injury
inflicted on the HoD was so severe that she had to be the rushed to the Chief
Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (aka Amaku General Hospital) for
emergency treatment to save her life.
Sources allege that
physical assault among staff in the ministry has occurred multiple times.
Meanwhile, the Head
of Service, Theodora Igwegbe, told Punch that she was aware of a reported fight
at the ministry through social media but had yet to officially be briefed on
what happened.
Igwegbe vowed to take
action after an investigation and findings had been concluded on the matter.
She said: "I saw
the report on social media on Friday, August 23, 2024. I have not received a
formal report against the Permanent Secretary in question as provided by
Section 7, Chapter 10 of the Public Service Rules (2021).
“That notwithstanding, I have started asking questions to ascertain what
happened while I await a formal report, which should be the beginning of a
process.”
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