Wike Is Called On Projects Using The 13% Derivation Fund by the Niger Delta Governor Following governor Nyesom Wike’s recent revelation of the 13 percent derivation money that President Muhammadu Buhari had handed to governors in the Nigerian region of the Niger Delta, comments, according to OpenLife Nigeria, have continued.
Only two governors—Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and Douye Diri of Bayelsa State—have answered and detailed the assistance their states got from the federal government.
While Obaseki highlights that the meager N2.1 billion he received from the federal government was in sharp contrast to the N100 billion alleged by Adams Oshiomhole, Governor Douye Diri asserts that the money has been given in trickles.
According to Governor Wike of Rivers State, President Muhammadu Buhari allegedly given his permission for the payment of money owed to Niger Delta governments since 1999. He said this when the Rumueme, Port Harcourt, Nabo Graham Douglas campus of the Nigerian Law School opened.
According to Wike, all of the projects that were recently launched have been fully funded. He also mentioned that further projects will be completed before the conclusion of his tenure. He said that the funds had significantly helped his state’s infrastructural developments.
According to the governor of Rivers, the funds Buhari approved came from the 13 percent derivation budget.
“Let me say it for the first time. So many people asked me: ‘where is he getting this money’? Let me say it. I want, through the attorney-general of the federation, to thank Mr President,” he said.
“Monies that were not paid to the Niger Delta states since 1999 — the 13 percent deductions — monies that were not paid, Mr President approved and paid all of us from the Niger Delta states.
“And for me, it would be unfair not to tell the public. It is not from FAAC money. It is the money that is supposed to be for Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo, and Bayelsa states.