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Wike's desperation sha. He must really think he can get whatever he wants and can get away with anything. After all na Naija.

I hope he is not trying to influence the selection of the judges for the appeal and supreme courts, looking for judges he can easily buy with the support of Mary Odili.
Does he need to visit the CJN in person to discuss the issue of the chief Judge in Rivers state? That case is already in a court. Besides a letter from the RSG through the attorney general and commissioner of justice would have conveyed the message to the CJN.
Well, let's see if everyone in Nigeria has a price tag and can be bought by Wike.

21 day notice was not given and yet INEC accepted them as candidates and allowed them contest the election. BTW op, what is the source of this info?

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This is a very silly judgement and will not stand. Its obvious the judges have been compromised and are working with some INEC officials. APC wrote INEC notifying them of all their primaries, a further letter was sent notifying them of a revision in the dates. If there were issues why didn't INEC raise them then.
Besides, if this judgement is accepted by the appeal and supreme courts, then it means that all the APC candidates from presidential to state houses of assembly were never candidates for the election because the letter notifying INEC did not originate from APC Rivers but APC national.
And did PDP give 21 day notice before primaries?

DMerciful:
You are just too gullible.

I thought I was talking with a reasonable person. Sorry for even quoting you, we are not on the same page.I detest people who are insult others on naira land. I was well brought up.

I thought they said he hates Christians and want to islamise Nigerians?

Rexology:
You are not saying the whole truth. When the court said both parties should maintain STATUQUO, what does it mean even if RISEC already had the register?

Maintain status quo can mean different things to different people. What was the status quo then? It was the preparation for the elections. So if you say maintain, you are saying let things continue the way they are already. The judge would have spoken in clear terms or ordered RISEC not to conduct the elections. But he knew he had no basis for that and was only playing safe. The judge is the cause of the whole confusion.

onlykach:
DID APC AND RSIEC RESPECT THE COURT ORDER NOT TO HOLD LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION INITIALLY

RISEC was not ordered not to hold the elections. INEC was ordered not to give RISE C the voters register. RISEC said they already had the rwgister. There was no order from the FHC to RISEC. And it has got nothing to do with APC.

Anazp:
Click like for Buhari. Share for Jonathan

What is this supposed to achieve? Elections are over and GEJ is gone for good.

This case is already in appeal court for hearing in Oct. I don't know Justice Akanbi gave his ruling after he has said they will wait for appeal court to decide. His ruling is causing more confusion than peace. Since the FHC and NIC have given contradictory rulings, the LG councils should be sealed till October when the appeal court will resume hearing.

DMerciful:
I have had straight 5 days light severally by this time last year and I am being honest.And iif you're honest with yourself you'll know that Buhari has not commissioned any power plant or build any. Give ceaser what belongs to ceased....I tire for gullible people!

Why didn't it work with GEJ? The guy was a weak leader. Too much corruption and impunity, yet he wasn't doing anything about it. The head was spoilt. He saw criticisms as attack on his person and the sychophants around him made matters worse. The people know they have a new leader that will not tolerate corruption and they are not ready to lose their licences

Abagworo:
Greatly improved in Rivers State.

You won't believe one PDP support was attributing the improvement in power supply in Rivers state to Wike

DMerciful:
Its majorly influence by the rainy season and also GEJ commissioned several power plants towards the tail end of his administration

Story story.
You put on the rainy season and same time on GEJ. As if this is the first time Nigeria is experiencing rainy season. By the time GEJ was leaving power generation was very low, less than 3000mw even though he met it higher. Even GEJ had continued the story would not have changed. Thank God for change, hardly use my generator again. Most days we have power 24hrs, some days they take it but not usually more than an hour. Thank God I voted for change.

EUROBOMBER:
Is this the type of government that Buhari intends to run? He wants to use the EFCC to harass the opposition politicians and leave the thieves in his party to walk free?

Why is Sule Lamido being harassed by the EFCC while Rotimi Amaechi is left to walk around freely?

I smh at Buhari.

@Op. Do you have any evidence of financial wrongdoing by Amaechi? You can send out to EFCC instead of whining on nairaland

help3852:
Do you know how many months salaries are being owed in rivers state, from state civil servants to teachers, doctors etc.


You should be asking what ameachi did with monthly allocation which is the second highest and IGR which is also third highest.

3months salaries, April, May and June. Most have been paid April salaries before Amaechi left. Amaechi was paying salaries late but he was paying all the same. Allocation dropped! Rivers state wage bill is over 8billion which is also one of the highest and almost equivalent to the allocation. Wike has not paid civil servants any salaries since he took over yet he has borrowed 30b.
Amaechi had to pay off most of Rivers state debts. Rivers state debt profile is currently 17b which is amount the least compared to most states like CRS, AKS, Delta and LAG which owe hundreds of billion. Besides GEJ refused to refund to Amaechi 108billion used to construct federal roads.
Amaechi may not be perfect but he has tried.

samueld0:
It worth it dude. He's cleaning the mess Ameachi created before he left

What mess did Amaechi leave for him? How much debt did Amaechi leave for him? The guy has borrowed 30billion in one month, what exactly does he want to do with the money?

Yem0350:
What about OSUN dat jst paid DEC salary? Wike paid the salary Rotimi supposed to av paid before leaving

Wike has not paid. The news said he ordered. Two weeks ago he promised the civil servants, he is yet to pay. Meanwhile allocation has been received and other governors have paid. If Wike was committed to workers welfare as he claims he would have paid off the workers who were yet to receive April salaries. Amaechi commenced payments of April salaries before he left.

Yem0350:
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has
directed that civil servants in the state be paid April and
May salaries.
Wike said on Wednesday that the directive was in line
with his administration’s commitment to the welfare of
workers in the state.
The governor inherited the two months salary areas
from the immediate past administration in the state.
He assured civil servants that their welfare would be
given top priority by his administration.
Wike also expressed his commitment to promoting the
interest of all people resident in the state.
Meanwhile, Wike has said that funding will not be a
challenge in the state government’s commitment
towards rehabilitating and reconstructing major roads
in Port Harcourt.
Speaking during his inspection tour of the East West-
Elelenwo-TransAmadi-Garrison road on Wednesday, the
governor assured contractors that his administration
had taken steps to ensure that road projects are unded.
He charged the contractor handling the road to work
towards the established completion date, November.

www.punchng.com/news/wike-orders-payment-of-workers-april-may-salaries/

Which one is east west-elelenwo-trans amadi- garrison road?

Who is he ordering? Does he need to order to pay salaries. Other governors have paid June salaries without noise, Wike is still ordering. As if he is doing the workers a favour. I pity Rivers people. 30billion naira loan to be paid back from IGR, una go hear am.

doctokwus:
Daily Independent must be hallucinating or conjuring committees in its dreams.
Not seen this report in any credible news media and what was reported was that PMB directed Osinbajo to look into the possibility of using proceeds from the ECA to pay states for projects done on behalf of the FG.
Some news media need overhauling..

I was wondering too. The media report is same for most credible news sources that Osibanjo is to head a committee to look into sharing of proceeds from ECA. Surprised to see this from daily independent about a national salary committee and Wike being appointed. Is he the only member? What is the national salary committee meant to do?
Funniest part, PDP folks are celebrating like Wike just won the case at the tribunal. This tells that Wike may just be working to get close to PMB, after contributing to Jonathan's failure.

dexpee4life:
pls I am asenior secondary sch teacher that is being owed 7months. Breakdown of the debt is 5months arrears, april and may salaries. Pls verify from others

We are saying almost the same thing. The UBE teachers are owed less than 5months arrears. You can confirm that you have received some months arrears. Some people have been paid April salaries. Everyone is being owed for May. The person I quoted said No one has been paid April and only some were paid March and that teachers were owed 9months.

lady2sexy:
Just landed PH Yesterday for a job interview and I was amazed how PH city has transformed after over 9yrs of my last visit. on my way I saw a lot of dualised major roads, new model primary schools, health centers, etc. but what amazed me was how D-line area and the surrounding neighborhood is transformed. this was the area I resided for yrs before moving over to Lag. almost all the inner streets is done with drainage and pedestrian walk way. I said to my self is it not the place I knew before. I wish all Nigeria inner streets would look like that. I just spent a day my smart phone battery was down and I just manage to get some pics with my ever ready Nokia phone . just manage the blurred view or some one in ph can get us a much more sharper image

below are few inner streets pics taken from different locations

Amaechi's legacies. Love him, hate him. Insult him all you like but the man worked.

kipesco:
So where did you expect him to raise the money.

Lousy question.
Where have they been getting money from ? Is it not allocation and IGR. How does he intend to pay back.

kipesco:
My friend if you don't live in Rivers State you should stop commenting about Rivers issues.
Amaechi owes wworkers 3 months
Pensioners 5mths
Timariv 7mths
Refuse disposers 4mths
So why didn't he use this 7billion to pay his debt.
The newly employed teachers are owed arias of 9mths.
Amaechi told the world he has paid workers for April while he paid selected banks for match only.
I can't tell if such money exist in those banks but if at all they exist why did he not pay workers or hand over properly.

A bit exaggerated. Workers fully paid for March. Some were paid April before Amaechi left.
Teachers are not owed 9months arrears.The teachers have been receiving 1month arrears with each month pay. Please confirm from teachers you know, the arrears owed should be about 3months or so. Pensioners are being owed 3months. Let's not forget that the man employed massively when a lot of states placed embargo on employment. Who employs 13,000 teachers at a go. Unfortunately, income dropped. At least he was still paying even though it was being delayed.

betty202020:
big fat lie. state that was shortlisted among states that owing their workers. if such money is in the state's ACC, he should have paid workers.
that's personal view sha

Amaechi had started paying April, anumber of workers were paid April salaries before Amaechi left.The payments have been staggered for sometime with certain banks receiving first before others.Rivers state wage bill is about 9billion.Why the remaining banks are yet to pay is what I don't understand. With the way he's been paying, am sure Amaechi would have finished paying April salaries by now if he was still around. The payments are being delayed but he was paying all the same. The only month being owed all workers is May.

Wildrage:
Amaechi, who is in a better position to know the precarious state of Rivers economy , proclaimed gleefully on the eve of his departure that the incoming governor would find it impossible to pay workers salaries for months after his departure. He left the states without paying workers salaries for about 2months, the waste collectors were owed about six months and they decided to down tools thereby turning portharcourt into a mass of filthy landscape, courts and judicial offices left to rot away due to almost a year of closure, trans Amadi, Eneka and many feeder rds made totally impassable due to months of neglects and abandonment by contractors, traffic in the city is now almost comparable to that of Lagos. Is Wike expected to govern the state with his spittle? In authorizing the loan, the house promised to attach a breakdown of the details of projects it's intended for so the public can hold them accountable, moreso the loan is collaterized by VATS Revenue due from the federation account. Sd owe ourselves the duty to hold those in authority accountable for what they do with the commonwealth, but we do a big disservice to ourselves if we submit to cheap propaganda by the ill-informed and those bent on undermining the credibility of others purely for mischievous partisan purpose.

kipesco:
Workers not been paid since April till today.
Pensioners not been paid since January till now
TimaRiv not been paid since seven months
Lawyers not been paid for about a year plus
Dustbin carriers not been paid for four months.
So tell me how long people will suffer before government go set.
If you were in Rivers State you would have been happy if the money is going to be put in the right way.

Is the money meant for paying salaries or renovation of roads and government house? Will you give excuses if it was Amaechi who was borrowing the money? How long will Wike continue to borrow since he will not use his spittle to govern the state. There is a general cash crunch, other governors are cutting down the cost of governance, ours is borrowing less than two weeks in office to renovate roads and government house.

shammah1:
Who's Dakuku? Wake up mate. Election is all over

Yeah, and the tribunal is working.

ricsman:
how can somebody with 105b be borrowing 10b naira?

is it to deny the fact that 105b naira wasn't received?

I wonder! The news is that GEJ released the money on 28th of May.

mrvitalis:
It was used as supplements when Jonathan slashed rivers allocation by transfer of oil Wells

And also GEJ refused to refund 105billion naira Amaechi used to construct federal government roads.

He has already started borrowing? Rivers people are in for a long thing, they will soon see that Amaechi is a saint compared to Wike.Surprised he has not said Amaechi left debts and empty treasure for him. Let him not build up debts for Dakuku o.

Thank you Pastor Kumuyi. The fight against corruption must begin from the Church. Most of the people who steal public funds belong to churches and make big donations. And pastors don't bother to know what they do for a living or why a civil servant can afford such donations.

Just 5days after the government contractors stopped working ,everywhere is covered with dirts. Its an eyesore driving through the streets of PH. This method of dumping refuse on roads for the collectors is absurd.
Some areas in PH have private refuse collectors who pick up refuse from homes for a fee, why can't this be adopted for everyone. Government must not do everything for us.

philips70:
Many are not really Wike's supporters, they are just anti-Amaechi. Just bookmark this page, most will cry back in less than a year if he survives the courts. Did you see how he was addressing respected men of the bar today?

Yes of course. Same way he was threatening lecturers to call off strike when he was minister. We are not deceived by Wike's antics at all. His unbridled ambition to be governor is the root cause of the problems in RS and part of the reasons GEJ lost. Unfortunately for him, he never imagined GEJ will lose. The fact that Amaechi will be relevant at the federal level is still giving Wike sleepless nights. See him sleeping at a PDP event today.