WE MET AN EMPTY TREASURY, N10BILLION LOAN FOR PROJECTS' COMPLETION – WIKE

WE MET AN EMPTY TREASURY, N10BILLION LOAN FOR PROJECTS' COMPLETION – WIKE

Governor Nyesom Wike has dismissed as spurious, claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the Rotimi Amaechi’s administration left about N7billion in the state coffers.

Speaking shortly after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Messrs Julius Berger PLC and CCECC Nigeria Limited to rehabilitate roads in the state on Thursday at Government House, Port Harcourt, Wike also further justified the N10billion loan his administration took. He dismissed the war of calumny against his administration as malicious, frivolous and a futile attempt to sully his reputation.

To bolster his claim, the governor said:, “The Accountant General is here and we know that we didn’t meet any money in the treasury"

He posited that: “They said they left N7billion, Naira may be the money will be found in the hand over notes because the Accountant-General told me the state FAAC account is in debit. But we have been hearing on radio that they kept N7billion and I have not seen such an amount of money”.

Against this backdrop, the governor insisted that all Permanent Secretaries should submit their statements of accounts in order to ascertain whether any money was left unaccounted for by the last administration.

Explaining on why the State Government applied for the loan, Governor Wike said his administration is poised to complete all the important ongoing projects.

He further disclosed that the loan will be used to complete the following projects: the Law Faculty Building in the State University of Science and Technology, the renovation of the judiciary complex  and the Rivera State House of Assembly buildings which are all  derelict as a result of the their closure for almost two years by Rotimi Amaechi. The loan , he further revealed, will be used to complete the Akpajo/Woji Bypass, the Eagle Island link Road and the Rivers Mall started by Sir Celestine Omehia.

“There is no need frittering away resources by abandoning projects. Government is a continuum", he emphasized.