A document has surfaced online showing how the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his successor, Siminalayi Fubara, allegedly lavished over N900 million Naira on the renovation of the governor’s residence between April and June 2023.
The said document obtained by SaharaReporters contained the Rivers State budget performance report for the second quarter.
Recall that Wike is currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He handed over government to Fubara, his godson, on May 29. Months, however, after the transition in Rivers State, records in the said document showed how the duo also spent N2.7 billion on the purchase of computer printers while a whooping N32 billion was spent on an item simply listed as “special projects.”
On Page 35 of the budget performance report, the purchase of computer printers in three months was listed to have gulped N2,751,0399,898.84, while on Page 50 of the report, “Rehabilitation of Governor’s Residence” took N900,000,000.
Upon further examination of the budget report, it has come to light that the office of the governor disbursed a security vote amounting to N27,402,086,068.16 within a span of three months. This information can be found on Page 50 of the report.
See the images below for the said expenditure.
