Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says President Muhammadu
Buhari approved the payment of funds owed to states in the Niger Delta since
1999.
Wike said this on Friday at the inauguration of the Nabo
Graham Douglas campus of the Nigerian Law School in Rumueme, Port Harcourt.
Wike said the funds have significantly aided his
infrastructural strides in the state, adding that the projects that were
recently inaugurated have been fully paid for, and more will be completed
before the end of his tenure.
According to Rivers governor, the money approved by Buhari were funds owed from the 13 percent derivation fund.
He, however, did not give specifics on the funds approved by
the president.
“Let me say it for the first time. So many people asked me:
‘where is he getting this money’? Let me say it. I want, through the
attorney-general of the federation, to thank Mr President,” he said.
“Monies that were not paid to the Niger Delta states since
1999 — the 13 percent deductions — monies that were not paid, Mr President
approved and paid all of us from the Niger Delta states.
“And for me, it would
be unfair not to tell the public. It is not from FAAC money. It is the money
that is supposed to be for Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo, and Bayelsa states.
“Yesterday, we commissioned the ninth flyover. In December,
we will commission the tenth flyover. By February next year, we will commission
eleventh and twelfth flyovers.
“So, I want to sincerely from the heart and on behalf of the
government and people of the state, thank Mr President for this, because as an
opposition government, he could have said ‘don’t pay’. You can’t do anything.
“Since 1999, the money has not been paid. Did we do
anything? So, I want to sincerely thank him.”
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