Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs, Jone Navakamocea's contract of service will end from tomorrow.
Public Service Commission Chairman, Luke Rokovada says the Commission, with the agreement of the Prime Minister, has decided to end Navakamocea’s contract.
He is to hand over work to Paula Tuione, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs, who has been acting as Permanent Secretary for the past five weeks while Navakamocea was on leave abroad.
In a social media comment made on March 20th, Navakamocea allegedly criticised Minister for iTaukei Affairs Ifereimi Vasu and made claims linking him to convicted criminal Jason Zhong.
Rokovada, had earlier described the behaviour of Navakamocea as “unacceptable”, warning that such conduct brings the public service and government into disrepute.
Rokovada had said the matter is not an isolated incident, revealing that Navakamocea has previously been cautioned and warned on multiple occasions over similar behaviour.
In June 2025, Navakamocea was under investigation by the PSC over alleged racist remarks on his social media page.
