Wike Orders Perm Secs To Produce 18- Month Account Details Or..

The RIVERS State Governor, Chief
Nyesom Wike, has directed permanent
secretaries in the state to produce
account details of their ministries’
expenditure over the last 18 months.
Wike also advised the permanent
secretaries to shun partisan politics as
career civil servants, adding that the role
some of them played in the closing days
of the immediate past administration
was politically-motivated.
The governor, who addressed the
permanent secretaries during a meeting
at the Government House, Port Harcourt
on Tuesday, expressed regret that some
of them helped the immediate past
administration to illegally withdraw
funds from government coffers up to
May 28, 2015.
“I want full details and printout of every
ministry’s account in the last 18 months.
I will not accept any handover note
without an accompanying account
details.
“The government was coming to a close
and some of you were busy signing
cheques on 26th, 27th and 28th of May.
On May 28, the Transition Committee
called most of you and you refused to
cooperate because they told you I would
not be sworn in,” Wike told the
permanent secretaries.
The governor, who promised that he
would not embark on a witch-hunt of
any civil servant irrespective of his role
during the electioneering period,
maintained that no civil servant would
be allowed to sabotage the efforts of his
administration.
He, however, urged the permanent
secretaries to work with his
administration to revive the state and
put back smiles on the faces of the
people.
The governor added that all backdated
employments and indiscriminate
issuance of certificates of occupancy by
the immediate past administration
would be re-visited.
Wike specifically directed the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and
Survey to produce relevant land
documents for examination.
The permanent secretaries were led to
the meeting by the Head of Service, Mr.
Samuel Longjohn.