Credible information available to
the Rivers State chapter of Progressives Congress, APC, has unveiled the real
reasons why Gov. Nyesom emphasised that banks remain closed during the two
work-free days he declared yesterday for Thursday and Friday. As part of his
ploy to woo voters across Rivers State, Gov. Nyesom Wike had repeatedly
announced that N2bn has been set aside for disbursement to beneficiaries of the
State microfinance loans in support of PDP candidates in the re-run elections
of March 19, 2016.
However, with no fund available for
the purpose, the governor ordered the 23 LG Council Caretaker Chairmen to
deposit N4.5m each to the Chairman of Rivers State Microfinance Agency last
week. But considering the paltry nature of the total amount collected compared
to what is required, the governor and his men instead decided to announce
Thursday and Friday as work-free days going into Saturday rerun elections.
The idea is that prospective
beneficiaries who already have been notified will be persuaded to still vote
for PDP candidates believing that after the elections they will begin to
collect their loans from Monday. However, the government of Gov. Nyesom Wike
has other plans for them. There will be no loan to be disbursed to anyone as
fresh stories will be advanced after Saturday’s election and that will be the
end of the loan arrangement.
One vivid example that the loan is
a hoax is how the disbursement was being speeded up before the Supreme Court
judgment believing that there will be a governorship rerun election when it
would have been used to get votes from beneficiaries for the governor. But as
soon as the Supreme Court affirmed Wike’s election, all arrangements for
disbursing the loan died only to be revived close to the legislative rerun
elections.
Unable to disburse the money two
days to the rerun elections compelled the governor to declare Thursday and
Friday work-free non-banking days just to fool the intending beneficiaries in
exchange for their votes.
The two work-free non-banking days
will be advanced as the reason the loan disbursement has been shelved to
Monday. But the APC can assure supposed prospective beneficiaries of the loan
that with the election gone, the government will advance other reasons why the
loan disbursement cannot happen. The question remains: why was the loan
disbursement put off after the Supreme Court judgment only to be brought up
close to the rerun elections?
The APC wishes to appeal to all
those who have been promised will benefit from the microfinance loan to forget
it and vote for candidates of the APC as the Governor of Rivers State and his
henchmen do not intend to advance any loans to the people. It is a ruse only
advanced to curry votes.
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