The widow of late Joe Blankson who died while trying to save victims of a boat mishap in Rivers State, Mercy Blankson says Governor, Nyesom Wike is yet to fulfil any of the promises he made to her.
Mercy in an interview with SaharaReporters on Wednesday, also said nothing was attached to the posthumous award given to her husband by the Federal Government.
According to her, efforts to reach the state governor and his wife have proved abortive.
Part of her statement reads,
Governor Wike promised some money, he even promised me a job, I tried to do a follow-up but nothing came out of it.
There was a posthumous award for him last year by the President and not even anything was attached to it, not scholarship, job, not even a penny. So, when I tried reaching out to the organisers, they said it’s like they’ve eaten the money, that they don’t know.
“Lai Mohammed promised to give me a job, I tried to reach out to him, but nothing. The award was supposed to come with benefits, it was a presidential award but nothing came out of it.
“I wrote Governor Wike, his wife, I even chatted the wife via WhatsApp, I wrote to different persons but nothing has come out of it. Life has been difficult, sincerely, though there are still one or two persons that help but life has been difficult. You know what it’s like training kids, upkeep and stuff, medical bills and everything.
”I’m the only one bearing the burden of these people. My husband was working for one indigenous construction company, and he does diesel supply, supplies in trucks before his death.”
