Wike’s loyalists urge FG to withhold Rivers allocation

Seventeen councillors in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State have asked the federal government to withhold all allocations meant for the state government.

According to them, the state has failed to fund the council since April 22, 2013, when the House of Assembly suspended them and the Chairman, Mr. Timothy Nsirim.

The councillors, all loyalists of supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and led by Henry Odum, lamented that lack of funds has brought untold hardship on the people as the council has not executed a single project in the last one year.

The leader said, “It is wrong for a government that preaches good governance to starve a local council, allowing the people to languish in poverty, despite a court judgement that reinstated us.

“We have not been paid for over 12 months now and the council has not received its due allocations which is about four to five million naira per month.

“We therefore urge the federal government and the federal ministry of finance to withhold all monies meant for the state.”