The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill
Akpabio, has denied reports claiming he asked South-South Governors, to account
for the over N56 trillion received from the federation’s account since 1999.
Akpabio reportedly made the call during the inauguration of
the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters secretariat in Port
Harcourt last month.
It forced the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to ask
the Minister to mind his language while speaking about governors in the zone.
But delivering a keynote address on Friday at the NDDC Strategic Capacity Workshop/Retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Akpabio insisted he could not have made such a call because that would have meant indicting himself.
“I was governor for eight years. So if I called for the
governors to render an account, it, therefore, means that I’m indicting myself.
“The social media picks the wrong thing and a governor in
the South-South was said to have reacted to it. Of course, I had to keep quiet
because there was no need to respond.
“So I’m advising personalities to be careful what you pick
from the social media. It is not the best source to pick information from,”
Akpabio said.
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