Wike insists Amaechi left Rivers state Treasury Empty
Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, has opposed claims by the immediate past administration that it left N7bn in the state accounts, saying he met an empty treasury after his inauguration.
Speaking on Thursday at the Government House in Port Harcourt during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the state government and officials of Julius Berger and a Chinese Construction firm, CCECC, for the rehabilitation of 33 kilometres of township roads in the state capital, the Governor said that the treasury which housed the state’s monthly federal allocation was in debit when he resumed office.
He said, “I want to say in good authority that we did not meet any N7 bn as being speculated. The state’s FAAC account as of May 29, 2015 was in debit. That was the briefing I received from the Accountant-General.”
The governor’s claims are in opposition to that of Barrister Achinike Williams-Wobodo, a former aide of the immediate past Governor of Rivers state, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who said that the past administration left the present one about ₦7 billion.
