The All Progressives Congress in Rivers state says the state government has received about N144.2 billion from the federal government from June 22, 2023 to November 2023 and has nothing to show for it.
Acting Chairman of the party in the state, Tony Okocha made the allegation when he visited the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule on Monday.
According to him, the state government has achieved nothing but, funded street processions and media-sponsored rallies in support of unnecessary political imbroglios ,
“As a party in opposition in the state, we have received data of the sum received by the Rivers State Government from the Federal Allocation from June 22, 2023 to November 2023.
“The Rt. Hon. Speaker, it is our finding that a whooping sum of N144,291,667,791.1 has been received from the federal… outside the Internally Generated Revenue of the state, which is put conservatively at N10bn every month.
“We regret that this humongous amount has not translated to action in any way in terms of development in the state. What we see are heavily funded street processions and media-sponsored rallies in support of unnecessary political imbroglios,” he said.
However, the state government through ths State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Joseph Johnson, has accused the APC of playing politics.
