Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says those saying he has given more attention to the judiciary, must be mischief makers.
Wike, said this at the flag-off of construction work on the Magistrates Court Complex by Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Thursday in Port Harcourt.
He said no arm of government and sector in the State has been treated poorly in terms of allocation of funds and distribution of infrastructure and that he has given attention to all arms of government.
He said so much money has been spent in the health sector, which cannot be compared to what has been spent in the judiciary.
He also said the magistrates complex will be the last project his administration will be executing for the judiciary before his tenure ends and assured that it will be completed within the next 8 months.
The governor however, took a swipe at the state judiciary about the lack of space and courtrooms in the High Court premises that make magistrates and judges share courtrooms.
“Let me say something I find very disturbing because it is self-indictment. You said that people sit in the morning, people sit in the afternoon because of no space,” he said.
“The question now becomes what has the judiciary been doing with their capital budget. Because I’m surprised. All these (projects) that are been done is done by the executive. We release your capital budget as at when due,” he added.
