Amaechi’s Probe: How Amaechi sacked all his commissioners to arm-twist them into awarding the monorail project to TSI

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*TSI received N11billion payment from the State Government which went down the drain*Former Governor expended N33.9billion on the controversial project
Immediate past Governor of Rivers State, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has been accused of unilaterally dissolving sacking his State Executive Council in a bid to compel commissioners to accept his choice of a non-performing company for the ill-fated Monorail project, which has gulped N33.9billion for its downgraded Phase 1A for slightly about four kilometres as against the original design of the Phase 1 which spans over 12kilometres.
Director of Safety and Aviation at the Rivers State Ministry of Transport, Engineer Saya Antioch told the Justice Omereji-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry Investigating the Rotimi Amaechi administration over the sale of valued state assets and other matters on Thursday that the former governor sacked all his commissioners because majority of them insisted on an American Company, Urbanord for the construction of the Monorail, while Amaechi insisted on TSI, a company managed by Retired Colonel Anthony Ukpo, a former military administrator of the state. He said that that session of the State Executive Council meeting lasted three days.
According to the director who said he was at the executive council meetings in technical capacity, Urbanord’s presentation was backed by a guarantee that if it failed to deliver the project in two years, it would effect a refund to the Rivers State Government. The American company placed a bid of N25billion, 50percent less than the N50billion bid that the former governor foisted on the reconstituted State Executive Council with the acceptance of TSI, under a public private partnership.
Speaking further, the director informed that the former governor acted against the advice of the manufacturers of the Monorail who noted that elevated platforms are outdated. He said that the governor said he preferred elevated platforms with pillars rather than the suggested underground monorail because he wanted people to physically see the project.
Permanent Secretary of the Rivers State Ministry of Transport, Stella Wigwe said that the public private partnership arrangement reached between the Amaechi administration and TSI indicated that the State Government was to contribute 20percent while TSI was to pay 80percent of the project cost.
Wigwe said former Governor Amaechi ensured that the state government paid N11billion slightly above the 20percent agreed in the memorandum of understanding to TSI, while the benefitting company made no payments whatsoever.
The Permanent Secretary said despite the payment of the N11billion without the participation of the State Ministry of Transport, the arrangement with TSI failed woefully and the state lost her investment. She added that the State Government went ahead to appoint Archus Gibb, a South African Company without experience in Monorail construction, the project consultant for the Rivers State Monorail project.
According o her, the Ministry of Transport was used as a mere conduit in the payment of N22.9billion to the South African firm, while Archus was to receive N660million for its services and N36.3million monthly as engineering services.
She submitted that considering that N50billion was budgeted for the entire Phase 1, expending N33.9billion for Phase 1A, which is less than 30percent of the original budgeted design is unjustifiable.She further informed that six trains and two switches were allocated for the Phase 1A, but on ground in the state is just one train with no switch as the Amaechi administration constructed only one track. She said the other five trains are in Europe.
On Thursday, Justice George Omereji encouraged members of the public who came to witness the sitting of the commission to contribute, saying that the commission was on a fact finding mission.

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry adjourned to Friday as the Former Accountant General of the State, Mr Ngozi Abu through his counsel informed that he was not around to testify. The former Accountant General will appear on Friday.

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this guys jail should be different from others cos his corruption rank is too high abeg

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adebayo10977:
make una shut up jooor,if is true,let's d right government parastatas make proper arrangement in apprehending him before pmb shortlist him among d ministers,were is going to av immunity for d next four years..

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chai chai amachi amaechi nwannem bukwanu ezigbo ekperima. bikonu nga mkpuru oka straight

Amaechi, you see yourself now, common sense you no get. Never fight your own people in life, because of Nigerian politics. You will always come out a loser. James Ibori foolishness should be a lesson to all politicians from the Niger delta. I don't see how Amaechi will not end up in Prison outside Nigeria.

In bubu's voice, kai barawo!

kwaruption ebrywhere!

Waiting to hear Amaechi own response.