RE: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Wole Soyinka and the Rivers State Dinner Controversy: Soyinka and Amaechi's Response and Rejoinders to Those [Facebook Debates]

Has any evidence been produced that the birthday dinner was financed by the government of the Rivers State or Chibuike Amaechi as a private person, even though he was the governor of the State? Should we rely on rumour that the birthday dinner was funded with state money?
 

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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Wole Soyinka and the Rivers State Dinner Controversy: Soyinka and Amaechi's Response and Rejoinders to Those [Facebook Debates]
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:57:59 -0500
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com

A more basic question is: Should any state funds (even one Naira) be used to fund a birthday party for anybody?

Kasim Alli.

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On Jan 10, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Segun Ogungbemi <seguno2013@gmail.com> wrote:

A drowning man will always want to hold on to something whether it can save him or not. Wike and his cohorts will like to blackmail a man of substance before they are shown the way out. There is no hiding place for them. 

I am not a spokesman of Wole Soyinka, but the very little I know about him is that he would not have asked Rotimi Amechi to honor him with a dinner. 

On getting to the arena of the dinner, does anyone expect the celebrant to ask his host the cost of the dinner? 

If the accuser has evidence let him go to court to present it and stop the cheap blackmail. 
Segun Ogungbemi. 
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On Jan 10, 2016, at 6:02 PM, Salimonu Kadiri <ogunlakaiye@hotmail.com> wrote:

Bolaji Aluko,
 
I associate myself with your interest in accountability. The accuser should be able to furnish the public with the 17-point implementation program contained in your table below. So far the accused, Chibuike Amechi has told the public that he did not spend N82 million for Wole Soyinka's dinner but not how much he actually spent. Pressure should be brought on the accuser to substantiate his accusation of N82 million cost of dinner for Wole Soyinka, if he/she is not just throwing out figure to discredit Amechi and Soyinka.
S. Kadiri 
 

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Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 12:03:02 +0100
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Wole Soyinka and the Rivers State Dinner Controversy: Soyinka and Amaechi's Response and Rejoinders to Those [Facebook Debates]
From: alukome@gmail.com
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com

Salimonu Kadiri:

I am interested in accountability.  The accuser - and the accused - should be able to reconcile the following straw table:

STRAW DRAFT:

PLANNING COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAM

RIVERS STATE DINNER FOR SOYINKA

Implementation	Naira Value
1.       Venue
2.       Transportation
3.       Security
4.      Food
5.      Brochure & printing
6.      Advertisements and Publicity
7.      Awards
8.      Accommodations for special guests
9.      Music
10. Reception
11. Registration
12. Ushers
13. Special Guests Honorarium

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