A former member of the Federal
House of Representatives who was also the governorship candidate of the All
Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has
accused the Rivers State Government of dishonesty.
The Opobo born politician Peterside, specifically said that the state government under Governor Nyesom Wike was
hoodwinking the people of the state by telling the people that he (Wike) met an
empty treasury...
Dr. Peterside said that the new
administration had yet to make any policy statement six weeks after its
inception and added that the situation suggested that the people had a
rudderless state.
Apparently making reference to
Wike’s alleged recovering of government property from former aides of the
ex-governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, Peterside said the current governor Wike was
embarking on a “mindless pursuit of vendetta against individuals.”
“Too much dishonesty on the path
of the government to hoodwink Rivers people, for instance, allegations of empty
coffers are spurious tale as even Mr. Wike by his own admission has been
announcing various funds that he located in different government accounts.
“His false claim of using Julius
Berger for the refilling of pot holes when what he has been using are local
contractors who they are paying peanuts. His use of the Berger name was simply
a red herring to enable him to loot public funds.
“Six weeks after assuming office,
the government has not made one single policy statement, rather it appointed
the Nimi Walson Jack committee to design a blueprint for the running of
government after it had taken off. A move that suggests we have the case of a
rudderless state manned by persons whose only bond to the state is to siphon
our resources.
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