Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike
The
RIVERS State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has directed permanent
secretaries in the state to produce account details of their ministries’
expenditure over the last 18 months.
Wike also advised the permanent
secretaries to shun partisan politics as career civil servants, adding
that the role some of them played in the closing days of the immediate
past administration was politically-motivated.
The governor, who addressed the permanent
secretaries during a meeting at the Government House, Port Harcourt on
Tuesday, expressed regret that some of them helped the immediate past
administration to illegally withdraw funds from government coffers up to
May 28, 2015.
“I
want full details and printout 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 26th, 27th and 28th of May. On
May 28, the Transition Committee called most of you and you refused to
cooperate because they told you I would not be sworn in,” Wike told the
permanent secretaries.
The governor, who promised that he would
not embark on a witch-hunt of any civil servant irrespective of his role
during the electioneering period, maintained that no civil servant
would be allowed to sabotage the efforts of his administration.
He, however, urged the permanent
secretaries to work with his administration to revive the state and put
back smiles on the faces of the people.
The governor added that all backdated
employments and indiscriminate issuance of certificates of occupancy by
the immediate past administration would be re-visited.
Wike specifically directed the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Survey to produce relevant land
documents for examination.
The permanent secretaries were led to the meeting by the Head of Service, Mr. Samuel Longjohn.
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