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.
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