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By Daniel Abia - Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has
directed Permanent Secretaries in the state
to produce full account details of their
Ministries’ expenditure in the last eighteen
months.
Wike also charged 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 a day to the swearing in of a
new governor. 2015.
“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,” Wike disclosed.
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 warned.
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.
It will be recalled on his inauguration day
last Friday at the Liberation Stadium, Wike
had promised to carry out a forensic
auditing of the financial activities of the last
government.