REVEALED: How Much Amaechi Spent On A 3-Hour Dinner With Soyinka

The Rivers state government expressed shock when it found that the ex-governor Rotimi Amaechi had spent N82 million to host Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka to a three-hour dinner.

“A government did not pay salaries, closed the courts but the administration had the temerity to expend N82million to fund a dinner for Soyinka.”

This Day reports that Austin-Tam George, the state commissioner for information and communication, expressed shock and discontent while addressing journalists on Tuesday, January 5, at the Government House in Port Harcourt.

He revealed that the figures were contained in the handover note prepared by the former permanent secretary of the state ministry of information and communication.

“A government did not pay salaries, closed the courts but the administration had the temerity to expend N82million to fund a dinner for Soyinka.

“These are facts on ground. The Amaechi administration expended the money under the heading of borrowed funds.

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“There is a massive propaganda machine out there misinforming the people about the policy direction of Governor Wike’s administration. They have to respect the will of the people. Instead, they go about spreading falsehood against the people of the state,” he said.

The information commissioner stressed developmental achievements of Governor Nyesom Wike and noted the state was currently dealing with a “disastrous legacy of abandoned projects” by the Amaechi administration.

He added that the present administration was facing a combination of “85 per cent information war” and “political fundamentalism”.

According to him, the All Progressives Congress is seeking to establish a “political caliphate” in the state, by installing Dakuku Peterside whom he described as a fake political candidate.

Meanwhile, Governor Wike has stated that if elections are conducted ten times in the state, candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party will still emerge victorious because of the commitment of the party to the wellbeing of the people.

Moreover, the governor expressed his assurance that the APC in Rivers state would not win any unit because the party and its sponsors betrayed the people.

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