Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom
state who is the chairman of south-east and south-south, questioned President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration's
refusal to fight the militancy in Niger- Delta with the same dedication and
money to be spent on Boko Haram,
In a statement released on Friday,
the governor said he did not support the $1bn ECA withdrawal as he and most
south-east governors were not present at the National Economic Council meeting.
He said: “We are not too comfortable
with the decision to part with $1bn now. That (kind of money) is supposed to
support developments by state governments and local government areas “The
excess crude money is for the three tiers of the government and because we are
supposed to use it to support what we are doing, we need to discuss more.”
NAIJ.com previously reported that
Bukola Saraki, the Nigerian Senate president has on Thursday, December 21
assured senators that the $1billion withdrawal from the Excess Crude Account
(ECA) will not be spent until the processes involved is considered by the
national assembly.
Saraki gave this assurance after Ike
Ekweremadu, the deputy Senate president called the attention of the Red Chamber
after arguing that the motion was not on the items to be considered on
Thursday.
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