The
Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has accused
the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, of squandering a whopping sum of
N2 billion ?of State funds, in supporting the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in last Saturday’s Governorship poll, in Ondo State.
The APC, in a statement on Sunday,
November 27, and made available to Post-Nigeria, asked Wike to
immediately retrieve and return the N2 billion he donated to the Ondo
State branch of the PDP.
APC, made the demand on Sunday,
through ?the Rivers State Publicity Secretary, Senibo Chris Finebone, in
Port Harcourt, ?shortly after the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, announced Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, as winner of the
election.“It is unfortunate that Gov. Nyesom Wike is still playing
Father Christmas with the commonwealth of Rivers people, for his
personal egoistic political voyage, despite that the Governor has
cancelled hundreds of overseas scholarships, and the students
repatriated home, among other important programmes.
“Agriculture is in its worst state,
since Rivers State was created.“Songhai Farm is gone; the Banana Farm at
Tai is gone; RSSDA is now a ghost of its former self, with the staff
owed 17 months salaries.“The various fish farms at Buguma, Andoni, and
other places that provided jobs for thousands of Rivers people, are now
history.
“It saddens the heart that our
Governor prefers to neglect important matters calling for attention at
home, but rather lavish our commonwealth on his personal political
pursuits.“Can you imagine that Governor Nyesom Wike, willingly donated a
whopping N2 billion to the Ondo State chapter of the PDP?
“It is horrible, mind-boggling, and
indefensible. ”Just like in the case of Edo, the PDP has lost, and the
Governor should not wait to be reminded to return the N2bn back to the
treasury of Rivers State immediately,” the APC demanded.
The party Spokesman speaking further, ?decried the rate at which
the Governor, since his assumption of office, has been wasting the
resources of the people on matters concerning the PDP, rather than
concentrate on frugally applying the State’s resources to the needs of
the people of Rivers State.
??”Whereas the PDP has States like Akwa Ibom, and Delta, that
collect high monthly federal allocations, it is only Governor Wike that
plays the party’s godfather.
“So far, he has wasted billions of Naira, hosting two failed
National Conventions of the PDP, in Port Harcourt.“He has profligately
donated billions of Naira, belonging to Rivers people to faraway
Bayelsa, Edo, and Ondo PDP chapters, for purposes of elections, while
medical workers, pensioners, and teachers, are owed back home.
?”Is it that Rivers State has been conquered by a small band of
buccaneers, led by Governor Wike, and genuine elders are keeping quiet?”
the Party queried.
?Finebone concluding, ?warned that if the Governor did not return
the N2 billion he gave out to Ondo PDP, he will be forced to do so at
the appropriate time.
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