Wike Lied On Empty Treasury; We Left Him Billions Of Naira In Cash And Assets – Amaechi

The immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi

Amaechi has refuted claims by his successor Nyesom Wike that he left an

empty treasury. Governor Wike had consistently maintained that he met a

completely empty treasury when he took over as governor.

Only on Wednesday, while trying to justify why he took a total of

N30billion bank loans from Zenith and Access banks under 30 days in

office, Wike had through his spokesman, Opunabo Inko-Tariah told Today

95.1FM, a radio station in Port Harcourt that he met an empty treasury

when he took over government. However, Amaechi has openly put a lie to

Wike's claim, saying he left billions of naira in cash and economic

assets for Rivers State.
In a statement released by the former Governor's Media Office Thursday,

Amaechi revealed that a total of N7.5billion cash were left behind as

balances in the State Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) account with Skye

Bank, FAAC account with Zenith Bank, balances with Access Bank and funds

in the State reserve fund account in First Bank.
“This is besides other balances in the state Government House account with

Zenith Bank and other government MDA accounts, like the Bureau for Public

Procurement (BPP).  By the time you pull all these together, we are

looking at readily available cash in the region of eight to ten billion

naira left for the Wike administration.”
“It's also pertinent to point out here that former governor Amaechi also

left economic assets worth tens of billions of naira for the State. Just

like cash, the assets store value. These assets that are scattered in

diverse sectors of the economy were developed or built or procured with

revenue that accrued to the state during Amaechi's tenure. The assets

belong to Rivers State, not Amaechi.  Some of these assets are presently

yielding revenue to the state coffers, and many can be easily and readily

converted to cash, if the State so desires.”
“It is therefore disingenuous and fraudulent for Wike to claim that

Amaechi left an empty treasury in his bid to justify the N30billion loans

he collected under 30 days in office. Rather than this puerile and silly

distraction of always pointing accusing fingers at Amaechi, Wike  should

come out to explain to Rivers people what he took the loans for, account

for and justify every kobo that has been spent from the loans”, the

statement concluded.
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