Rivers State government has asked the Minister
for Transport, Rotimi Amaechi to account for
funds received in his eight years tenure as the
governor of the State. The Commissioner for Information in the State,
Dr Tam George yesterday told newsmen in Port
Harcourt that the State was still reeling from
“the catastrophic legacy of the former
governor” despite receiving over three trillion
naira in revenue in 8 years. “Amaechi left the most abandoned projects in
the history of Rivers State since 1997,” he said. “Thousands of workers were without their
salaries for four months and thousands of
teachers were not paid for nearly 12 months. “We have so many abandoned projects which
huge sums have been paid but projects are yet
to be completed. “We have the Mono-rail project that gulped
over N60bn and it was abandoned. We have
the Woji road project awarded at N3bn. “There was a variation of the project to the
upward of N14bn but it was abandoned. We
inherited the project and completed it. “There are so many of the abandoned projects.
We have the Karibi George 250 bed project
where huge sums of money were paid but no
single block was laid at the site”, he said. The official added that Wike’s government
would deploy every legitimate means to
compel those that looted the State to face the
full wrath of law.
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Wike Asks Amaechi To Account For N3 TrillionCreated at 2016-01-29
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