The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has again lashed at Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for not releasing the January,2015 monthly federal allocations to the Local Government Councils.
Describing the action of Amaechi as arbitrary and smacking of executive lawlessness, the party through a statement from the Office of the Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah and signed by his media aide, Jerry Needam said the outgoing governor has no right under the operational constitution to withhold the allocations whatsoever.
The party insists the only reason why Amaechi has decided to withhold the allocation is to use same for this month’s elections.
Amaechi, the PDP notes, knows the criminal implication of not allowing the councils access to their accounts and in order not to be caught in the web of this criminality, he cleverly detailed his commissioner for Local Government, Finance and the State Accountant- General to hold onto the allocations.
Regrettably, Amaechi has asked the Caretaker Committee Chairmen to apply for the release of monies only for staff salaries, PDP remarked.
“Despite the fact that these Caretaker Committee Chairmen have outstayed their tenures and are following Gov. Amaechi sheepishly without asserting themselves, we nonetheless condemn entirely the outgoing Governor’s undemocratic and fraudulent behavior because the withheld funds belong to Rivers people and are meant for the development of the state and not sponsorship of the APC”, the PDP stressed.
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