The Rivers State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tony Okocha has accused Governor Siminialayi Fubara of spending frivolously, the cash meant for the event of the state.
Okocha made the accusation on Tuesday in Port Harcourt whereas briefing newsmen on the state of improvement in Rivers within the final 10 months of Fubara’s administration.
Okocha acknowledged that the APC in Rivers had come to a conclusion that Fubara’s administration was “visionless”.
“The governor is busy spending cash on thanksgiving in all of the native authorities areas of the state.
“We’re right here to sentence in absolute phrases, the inactivity of this authorities; the governor is supposed to consolidate on the highway plan of his predecessors, however we now have seen that the governor has derailed from the consolidation plan.
“Authorities ought to be about continuity, that’s the reason the present governor of Akwa Ibom continued with the laid down plans of the federal government.
“The governor of Rivers is totally out of the highway plans, aside from the ring highway initiated by the previous governor Nyesom Wike, there isn’t any different highway challenge initiated within the state by the present administration.
“We have to know what is going on in Rivers state; persons are saying, the governor is remodeling Songai farm, rehabilitating cassava plant.
“How does that translate to good governance for Rivers individuals? So, the help is extremely orchestrated by the governor himself,” Okocha stated.
On the financial hardship witnessed within the nation, the state APC Chair defined that the hardship was a worldwide phenomenon and never on account of management failure.
In response to him, President Bola Tinubu was desirous to deliver Nigerians out of struggling, simply as he demonstrated political will and eliminated the gas subsidy which he stated was “anti-people”.
“The Federal Authorities added the funds gotten from the elimination of subsidy to the states allocation to cushion the impact of hardship.
“For this reason states now get not lower than 20 billion as their month-to-month allocation.
“Some state governments have been busy giving palliatives to individuals of their states to cushion the impact of gas subsidy.
“Rivers State is quantity three by way of federal allocation, what has the state authorities executed with the funds allotted to it,” he added.
He, subsequently, known as on the governor to make sure that he conducts native authorities elections as enshrined within the structure.
He additionally enjoined him to represent the State Govt Council, SEC, and to not run the state single-handedly with out the State Meeting as a result of APC members are in majority.
