From: Joe Attueyi topcrestt@yahoo.com [NigerianID] <NigerianID-noreply@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 6 January 2016 at 16:14
Subject: NigerianID | Re: {Yan Arewa} N82m Wole Soyinka Dinner: Rivers Commissioner seeks refund - Vanguard News
Nwadiana:What puzzles me is that Nmillions and $millions are bandied around whenever discussions involve Nigeria. Where did people I know go wrong? N82million for a dinner? If there is so much money in Nigeria as these posts seem to imply, Ezeana and others in the diaspora must feel stupid transferring money through the banks or Western Union to Nigeria. It looks like carrying coal to New Castle. N82million for one dinner? And they could not find some money for Niger bridge? I would like to see the menu. But in the diaspora, when Ezeana is invited to a dinner, it is $100 per, and they serve chicken that I can get at Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant for $4.99.Tell me. N82million dinner and the guests paid nothing? The guests merely marched to the dinner, ate and probably pooped in the bathroom and left. But who got invited to this awufu dinner? If Professor Soyinka knew the dinner would cost the state N82million, would he have entertained the idea?Ezeana is sure Professor Soyinka gave a keynote speech at the dinner. And I am sure a keynote speech by Professor Soyinka should command Nmillions in honorarium. Yep. But every time such a figure was featured as the keynote speaker in the diaspora, Ezeana is asked to fork over $thousands for the dinner. Plus, for a few more $thousands, I get to take a photo with the celebrity. For a few more $thousands I get to go backstage to see him closeup and count the pimples in his face.What I am saying is that N82million was the outlay. Where is the income? Nigerians pay when they are invited to a dinner. Those who cannot afford to pay don't go, even if they are invited. If they don't have to pay, anyone can show up at any dinner. The question is: what happened to the proceeds from the dinner? Who looted the proceeds? Any dinner should be self sufficient, self sustaining.--Ezeana AchusimOdi-IsaaNwa Dim Orioha AKA OnyeUkwuSent from Yahoo Mail for iPhoneOn Wednesday, January 6, 2016, 8:43 AM, Joe Attueyi topcrestt@yahoo.com [YanArewa] <YanArewa@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Haba! What if they gave him money as honorarium? Not unusual for people of his statusJoe
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/n82m-wole-soyinka-dinnerrivers-commissioner-seeks-refund-from-nobel-laureate/N82m Wole Soyinka Dinner: Rivers Commissioner seeks refund
January 06, 2016 at 12:18 pm in NewsRivers State Information Commissioner , Dr Austin Tam-George has declared that the state government will demand a refund of the N82million expended by former Governor Amaechi on Professor Wole Soyinka's dinner if it confirms that the Nobel Laureate received part of the the funds in cash.
Also, Dr Tam-George declared that the point of departure between former Governor Amaechi and Governor Nyesom Wike was the insistence of Governor Wike that Amaechi observed probity and accountability in all governmental actions, an advice that was thrown overboard by the former governor .
Addressing Rivers people via a radio programme on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, Dr Tam-George regretted that the Amaechi's administration using the Ministry of Information and Communications headed by Ibim Semenitari amassed N1.1billion debt on frivolous expenditure.
According to Dr Tam-George : "I will seek the permission of the Governor to formally write Professor Wole Soyinka, a known supporter of Amaechi if he received part of the N82million spent on a 3-hour Dinner hosted for him by the Amaechi administration.
"If he agrees that he received such funds, then he will be compelled to refund same to the coffers of Rivers State. At present, we have presented these details to the Police for investigation and prosecution. We shall also take up this matter as a financial crime against the people of Rivers State. "
He said that all the fraudulent actions of the Amaechi administration are being addressed by the Wike administration, pointing out that it will take time for the legal process to be completed because they are financial crimes.
The Information Commissioner said that Former Governor Amaechi betrayed the trust of Rivers people by embarking on irresponsible expenses, which led to the mismanagement and fraudulent misuse of N3trillion that accrued to the state under his watch.
He said that Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike had to leave the Amaechi administration when the former governor refused to adhere to patriotic advice to use Rivers State resources to develop the state.
"The point of departure between Former Governor Amaechi and Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike was Wike's commitment to probity and accountability. Governor Wike refused to be part of the financial mismanagement of resources that accrued to the state ", Dr Tam-George told the people of Rivers State.
He explained that already Rivers people are witnessing the proper use of resources as they are witnessing transformations across the landscape.
Former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi left several months unpaid salaries, pensions abandoned projects and scholarships despite receiving N3trillion as revenue under his watch.
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