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Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi has said that his decision to approach a Federal High Court in Abuja two weeks ago stopped the federal government from transferring N12 billion meant for the state to Abia State.

This is as the governor has promised to renovate damaged stalls of the Port Harcourt New Layout Market gutted by fire on Tuesday night as well as compensate traders who were affected by the inferno.

Amaechi spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt the state capital, during the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) where 4,574 delegates of the party in the state ratified the endorsement of a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dakuku Peterside as the party’s consensus governorship candidate for the 2015 general elections.

He said, “I went to court two weeks ago to stop the federal government from taking our N12 billion to Abia State. If I didn’t do that, they (federal government) would have taken our money to Abia State.”

The governor stated that the choice of Peterside, who represents Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro federal constituency in the National Assembly, was not his, but that of the APC caucus in the Rivers South-East senatorial district of the state.

source: http://leadership.ng/news/393075/stopped-fg-transferring-n12bn-abia-gov-amaechi

Welcome to the game of politics.

I like Amaechi but he talks too much

Good move

President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi, cat and mouse.

noise maker.

playing with the Gods.



be careful mr APC,.



Still don't be surprise when the people u are casting demons out with turn around and pronounce u as one of the Devils.

ok

This guy likes attention like drogba... he must be from Ivory coast


Just saying... Lolz

Noise maker governor.

That z my man...although am nt from River state bt. I respect Him a lot...Good move Mr amaechi

Gov. Amaechi just had his elixir.... he's had his prescription jabs at PGEJ for the day.....
Whilst he was busy doing this...Part of the Port Harcourt city metropolis got flooded after a Twenty minute downpour......
Amaechi show casing absentee governance.....

If the facts are there, then it's something I urge Nigerians to investigate and discuss.

This is not the time for "He's APC" or "He's not Ibo/Yoruba/Hausa". Stop putting your country's future on ice for biro and bags of rice.

Only if this guy can allow his actions speak for him instead of his gob, then and only he will be called a MAN.

ok ooo

Surest dude... yarn ur mind and wait for their response that's if they even have one.... lol

This man is obsessed with fighting the Federal Govt ..

So the fed govt can just transfer monies that belongs to state A to state B?


Welldone Ameachi the repo man.

beer parlour talk....

transfer money for a state to another


who does he think he is talking to??

lalasticlala...I carry yansh for you ooo. are you now a supermod? see when you posted this thread...sharp sharp it hit front page. I doff my hat.

this guy will talk himself into trouble!

Can a states money be transferred to another state?

Abeg dem b all thieves jawe.. Cnt trust dem a bit

Congratulations Amaechi for stopping your N12B from going to Abia but not being able to stop your sea port from going to Atiku, your oil well from going to bayelsa your oil block from being shared to northern and south western beneficiaries and no Niger deltan ,making it almost impossible for Jonathan to come back for a second term,87% of your oil revenue from going to be shared by the federal government.
Notice this is about his only achievement during the wasted 16 years in office

k. Just like that?

Ok.






Signed: Extom
Virtual Secretary
Nairaland

Amaechi; the attention seeker......!

What?

if I hear

This guy doesn't behave like Ibo man he is,anyway time shall tell.

msmon:
What?

kettykin:
Congratulations Amaechi for stopping your N12B from going to Abia but not being able to stop your sea port from going to Atiku, your oil well from going to bayelsa your oil block from being shared to northern and south western beneficiaries and no Niger deltan ,making it almost impossible for Jonathan to come back for a second term,87% of your oil revenue from going to be shared by the federal government.
Notice this is about his only achievement during the wasted 16 years in office

all what u mentioned r constitutionally under the control of FG. So blame GEJ not Amechi. It is Jonathan that shared all d oil blocks to his greedy friends not amechi.
States can only lay claim to derivation fund which is why amechi went to court