Looks like Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike is officially
ready for former Gov. Rotimi Amaechi. He's asked all
Permanent Secretaries in the state to produce full account
details of their Ministries’ expenditure in the last 18 months.
Read the press statement below...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has
directed Permanent Secretaries in the state to
produce full account details of their Ministries '
expenditure over the last 18 months.
This is even as the governor advised the permanent
secretaries to shun partisan politics as career civil
servants, saying the roles some of them played in
the closing days of the immediate past
administration were politically motivated.
Addressing permanent secretaries during a meeting at
Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday, Wike
regretted that some of the permanent secretaries helped the
immediate past administration to illegally withdraw funds
from the State Government coffers even up to the 28th of
May, 2015.
He said : "I want full details and print out of every ministry's
account in the last 18 months. I will not accept any
handover note without an accompanying account details.
"The government was coming to a close and some of you
were busy signing cheques on 26,27 and 28 of May. On 28 of
May, the Transition Committee called most of you and you
refused to cooperate because they told you I will not be
sworn-in. "
The governor noted that he will not witch hunt any civil
servant irrespective of his/her role in the electioneering
period . He, however, said that no civil servant would be
allowed to sabotage the efforts of his administration.
He urged the permanent secretaries to work with his
administration to revive the state and put back smile on
the faces of the people.
"Those of you who want to work with us to develop
Rivers State will get the necessary support. You are career
civil servants and not politicians. As civil servants, don't
play the role of politicians ", he said.
The Rivers State Governor pointed out that the back-
dated employments and indiscriminate issuance of
certificates of occupancy by the immediate past
administration would be re-visited.
He specifically directed the Permanent Secretary in the
Ministry of Lands and Survey to produce the relevant land
documents for examination.
The permanent secretaries were led to the meeting by the
Head of Service, Barrister Samuel LongJohn.
Others who attended the meeting were the former Minister
of Sports, Dr Tammy Danagogo, Former Deputy
governor, Tele Ikuru and Secretary of the Transition
Committee, Barrister Frank Owhor.
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