Rivers State government has called on the Minister for Transport and
former Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi, to account for about N3
trillion he received throughout his eight years tenure as the governor
of the State. Speaking to media aides in Port Harcourt yesterday January
28th, the State Commissioner for Information, Tam George said 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. 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 commissioner said the Wike-led government will explore legal means
that will help compel those who looted the state treasury to face the
law and be punished accordingly.
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