BREAKING: Rivers Crisis: Governor Fubara offered to resign his position as Governor — ex-PANDEF spokesperson
Sara-Igbe, a former spokesperson for the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), said the governor opted to resign because apart from the way forces above him prevented him from asserting his independence, he didn’t have enough control over the state’s funds and had difficulty running his government.
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Rivers Crisis: Governor Fubara offered to resign his position as Governor — ex-PANDEF spokesperson
The National Coordinator, South-South Leadership Forum, Sara-Igbe, on Saturday said Governor Sim Fubara offered to resign his position before the crisis in the state escalated to the level it currently is.
He said it took the intervention of some PDP leaders to prevail on him to shelve the idea.
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Sara-Igbe, a former spokesperson for the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), said the governor opted to resign because apart from the way forces above him prevented him from asserting his independence, he didn’t have enough control over the state’s funds and had difficulty running his government.
He stated, “What is the problem? Wike has come to tell the world that he was fighting Sim because Sim wanted to take his structure. What is the structure six months after elections; we are not close to elections, so what has structure got to do?
“Let me tell you about the structure; before Wike left government, the state was making over N10bn internally generated revenue (monthly). When he left, the IGR came down to N6bn. And the governor, a former Accountant General of the state, asked questions and in the process he engaged somebody to look at the books, and the commissioner of finance reported to Wike and the former governor got angry. That is the structure”
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