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Governor Seriake Dickson has been defrauding the Bayelsa state people for the past year out of the Paris Club Refund, Sahara Reporters has claimed in a report.
This follow the recent publication by the federal government of the amount disbursed to each state.
While the Dickson-led administration had cooked up figures on a monthly basis, the federal government’s publication showed it received N24.89 billion, although it had declared N14.5bn. That means the government did not declare about N10.39bn to the people.
According to the report, this is not the first time this would be happening, the Bayelsa government figures have often had similar wide margins when compared with other sources.
"For instance, in 2015 figures of receipts by the state government stood at N105 bn whereas Dickson claimed to have received only N87 billion in 2015.
"Similarly, FAAC figures for 2016 indicated a disbursement of N99 billion but the state government owed its workforce for six months in 2016.
In a similar pattern, the Dickson government under-declared its share of the first tranche of the N516.38 billion from the Paris Club debt refund, a development that clearly illustrates the lack of transparency of the current state government.
This follow the recent publication by the federal government of the amount disbursed to each state.
While the Dickson-led administration had cooked up figures on a monthly basis, the federal government’s publication showed it received N24.89 billion, although it had declared N14.5bn. That means the government did not declare about N10.39bn to the people.
According to the report, this is not the first time this would be happening, the Bayelsa government figures have often had similar wide margins when compared with other sources.
"For instance, in 2015 figures of receipts by the state government stood at N105 bn whereas Dickson claimed to have received only N87 billion in 2015.
"Similarly, FAAC figures for 2016 indicated a disbursement of N99 billion but the state government owed its workforce for six months in 2016.
In a similar pattern, the Dickson government under-declared its share of the first tranche of the N516.38 billion from the Paris Club debt refund, a development that clearly illustrates the lack of transparency of the current state government.
