The Bayelsa State
chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised the State House of
Assembly for approving N2.9 billion loan to Governor Douye Diri to purchase
cars.
The Publicity
Secretary, Doifie Buokoribo, made the party’s position known in a chat with
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa on Thursday.
Abranhama Ingobere,
the Speaker, had explained that the loan from commercial banks had a three-year
tenure
Ingobere said it
would be deployed to purchase operational vehicles for the governor, his deputy
and top officials of Bayelsa government.
Buokoribo, however,
described the request and approval as insensitive. He pointed out that the
government was yet to meet outstanding obligations to civil servants and
pensioners.
“The decision of Sen.
Diri to take a bank loan of N2.9 billion for the purpose of buying “operational
vehicles for the governor, his deputy and other top government functionaries is
regrettable
“Coming less than
three weeks as governor, this move is unsympathetic. Sadly, the Bayelsa State
House of Assembly has approved the loan request.
“Diri is taking the
loan at a time when civil servants and pensioners in the state have not been
paid.
“This is a
continuation of the frivolities of the PDP government of Dickson; a major reason
the people of the state roundly rejected them at the poll.
“This cannot be the
government that the people of Bayelsa State deserve. It cannot be the
government the people voted for,” Buokoribo said.
The spokesman noted
that while Douye Diri is the governor of Bayelsa State, “in the hearts and
minds of our people, he is illegitimate. He was not the one they voted for.”
“He will bear the
burden of illegitimacy throughout his tenancy at Creek Haven, Government House,
Yenagoa,” he said.
In February 2017,
the Assembly approved a loan request of N3billion by former governor, Seriake
Dickson.
The money was for
the purchase of cars for Dickson himself and the 24 lawmakers.
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