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.