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Sylva has questions to answer over N15bn Glorydrive, Nembe-Brass road projects- Group says

by Emerald Nigeria
December 6, 2022
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A socio-political group, Bayelsa New Face Initiative (BNFI) has asked the incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, to demand the immediate refund of about fifteen billion Naira being money allegedly diverted by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, during his time as governor of the state.

The funds were the initial mobilisation of about N9 billion to Fak Engineering for the Glorydrive and another sum of N6.8 billion allegedly paid to Moreno Construction Company for the Nembe-Brass road with nothing tangible on ground to justify the huge sum of money collected.

In a statement in Yenagoa, the BNFI State Coordinator, Comrade Charles Ikio, said Chief Sylva has a question to answer over the funds allegedly paid out to the two contractors for no job done.

Comrade Ikio, who pointed out that the group may be forced to compel more investigations and judicial interpretations into the alleged fraud, reminded Bayelsans that it was because of this unaccounted funds and lack of capacity on the part of the contractors that the immediate past Governor, Senator Seriake Dickson, in 2012 revoked the two contracts.

“We have done our investigation and we can tell you that Chief Sylva is owing Bayelsa State Government because the contractor did not do any meaningful job that is commensurate with that huge funds. That was a big scam. How could you pay contractors such money with zero job done?”

“We suspect him strongly. He should return those money. Do you care to know the value of N15 billion as at 2010 or 2011. Sylva cannot absolve himself of this complicity”, Ikio stated.

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The BNFI State Co-ordinator noted that Chief Sylva has refused to change his attitude to leadership position even now as a Minister, a portfolio that has not attracted any meaningful benefit to Bayelsa State after almost four years in office.

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