The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Governor of Rivers, Mr
Opunabo Inko-Tariah, has said that the state government’s N30 billion loan will
be used to develop the state.
Inko-Tariah
told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday that insinuations by the state
chapter of All Progressives Congress that Gov. Nyesom Wike intends to borrow
N100 billion were untrue.
He
said there were compelling needs to be attended to and government had no option
than to take the loan.
“The
governor’s actions were based on the necessity, the importance of the project
to Rivers people and not whether he will take the credit or not for completing
the project,’’ he said.
He
said that the courts and assembly complexes were shut for close to two years
and there was need to renovate them.
“There
are so many projects that were abandoned because the contractors were not paid
by the previous administration and some of the projects are very important to
Rivers people.
“Also,
the governor has ordered that the April and May salaries of civil servants be
paid,’’ he said.
The
governor’s spokesman said government was also reviving payment of overheads to
ministries and parastatals.
According
to him, government needs the money to kick start and that is why the governor
is seeking the loan.
He
said the Wike administration did not inherit money from the previous
administration and that it had to meet the needs of the people.
“The
demands are much greater than the resources available,’’ Inko-Tariah said.
Culled from www.ngrguardiannews.com
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