Gov. Wike Transperancy Is False As Gruop Spotted His Activities In The State.
Gov. Wike, Rivers State Governor. |
The group further said that the commissioner is just fulfilling the purpose of his task master.
The State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr. Austin Tam-George , made this assertion in Port Harcourt last weekend while answering questions at Rhythm 93.7 Current Affairs Programme, View Point.
Dr. Tam- George noted that the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has no moral justification to criticise Governor Wike’s administration after it frittered away Three Trillion Naira in eight years leaving the most abandoned projects in the history of the State.
He maintained that while the previous administration of the APC borrowed N4 billion agricultural loan from the Central Bank with no record of farmer-beneficiaries, Governor Wike’s N2 billion loan from the same source has recorded 35,000 beneficiaries that are small and medium scale entrepreneurs.
The Commissioner pointed out that loans borrowed by the Wike-led administration are tied to specific projects that are verifiable , adding that the government is not on a borrowing spree but has no choice because it met an empty treasury and arrears of unpaid salaries and pensions.
On the upgrading of the former College of Arts and Science , Port Harcourt to a Polytechnic, Dr. Tam- George said the move was part of Government’s plan to improve access to quality education and would not undermine the existence of the Kenule Sarowiwa Polytechnic, Bori.
According to him, at a town hall meeting Governor Wike held with students of Kenule Sarowiwa Polytechnic recently, he promised to fund the institution to acquire technical equipment that would facilitate accreditation of courses.
Dr. Tam-George who regretted the poor state the previous administration kept secondary schools in the State , said they would be upgraded through physical reconstruction and new curriculum through e-learning that would make them stand out as centres of academic excellence.
The Commissioner stated that the State Government has reconstructed the security architecture in the State and that those who refuse to renounce crime would have no hiding place because their hideouts are being combed on a daily basis .
“Already, some repentant criminals have started embracing the amnesty granted by the State Government. They will be vetted and given the necessary rehabilitation that will make them live productive lives in future,” he declared.
Gov. Wike Transperancy Is False As Gruop Spotted His Activities In The State.
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