Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged President
Muhammadu Buhari to name the state governors who diverted local government
allocations.
The President had at an event on Thursday alleged that some
state governors divert allocation to local governments councils sent from the
federation account.
He also accused the Governors of making the council bosses
sign undertakings for money not received and agreeing to have received the full
allocation.
But on Friday, at the commissioning of a project in Port
Harcourt, Gov. Wike claimed that he has never touched monies meant for the
local government since he came on board in 2015.
The governor also claimed that none of the G5 governors in
the Peoples Democratic Party has ever touched local government allocations.
He then challenged the President to name the governors who
tamper with local government allocations.
Wike said ” I challenge Mr. President, you must come out and
tell Nigerians those committing this offence.
“You said the Governors are taking local government funds. I
want to say, in the name of Almighty God, I’ve never touched local government
funds one day. I have never and I have no reason to do that.
“So Mr President, tell us who are those people? You know
them, tell us.
“I’m not one of those governors. Mr President tells
Nigerians that the Integrity Governors are not part of them.
“Do us a favour to announce all those states that are taking local government funds”.
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