Okpebholo suspends primary healthcare boss Caulson Oahimire over financial fraud
Governor Monday Okpebholo has suspended the Executive Secretary of Edo Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Caulson Oahimire, over alleged financial infractions.
The suspension was announced in a statement on Tuesday.
The statement directed the most senior staff of the agency to take over pending the outcome of an investigation by a special committee.
“The Executive Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has ordered the immediate suspension of the Executive Secretary, Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr Caulson Osoikhia Oahimire over allegations of grave financial and official infractions.
“Consequently, most senior staff of the agency will act in functioning capacity pending the outcome of a special committee to be constituted by the government to investigate the various allegations,” the statement said.
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