IMMEDIATE previous Director-Basic of the Nigeria Maritime Administration and Security Company, Dr Dakuku Peterside and the Rivers State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Occasion, Amb. Desmond Akawor, have disagreed over the efficiency of Governor Nyesom Wike within the state.
Peterside, an ally of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Akawor, a former Nigerian Ambassador to South Korea and a Wike supporter spoke on a radio programme (View Level) on Rhythm 93.7 FM, in Port Harcourt, monitored by our correspondent on Saturday.
The previous NIMASA boss accused the Wike-led administration of getting nothing tangible to indicate for the N2.4 trillion naira it obtained from the federation account during the last six years.
Peterside stated, “We have now seen you have got by no means had a finances. No one is aware of your finances. You speak about giving an account of stewardship. At the least, what account of management are you speaking about. You by no means speak about the price of any undertaking, you by no means marketed any of your tasks, your tasks by no means adopted due course of.”
“We problem you to inform us how a lot you have got obtained. Inform me what you have got in Rivers State that may account for N2.4trillion. I don’t know should you perceive how a lot N2.4 trillion is. My coronary heart is bleeding for the folks of Rivers State, I’m shedding tears for the folks.”
However Akawor in response stated, “How can anyone ever say this? A person who has created so many issues within the state as a maritime state.
“At this time, our seaports are down and our brother is the Minister of Transport. Being anyone who has been in NIMASA, the place are the seafarers from Rivers State? Even the cabotage workplace that was right here (Rivers), have been moved to Lagos below his (Peterside’s) watch.”
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