Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has insisted that the past administration left the state's treasury empty.
The new Rivers State Government has debunked claims by the last administration that it left N7 billion in the state treasury.
The state Governor, Nyesom Wike, who made the declaration on Thursday, June 18, in Port Harcourt shortly after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Messrs Julius Berger Plc and CCECC Nigeria Limited on the rehabilitation of roads in the metropolis, insisted that he did not meet any money in the state coffers.
The governor stated that the state’s FAAC account was in debit as at May 29 when he took over the reins of governance in the state.
Wike said: “The accountant general is here and we know that we didn’t meet any money in the treasury.
“They said they left N7 billion; may be the money will be found in the hand over notes because the accountant general told me the state FAAC account is in debit. But we have been hearing on radio that they kept N7 billion and I have not seen such an amount of money.”
He directed all permanent secretaries to submit their statements of accounts in order to ascertain whether any money was left unaccounted for by the last administration.