Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State and his counterpart in Rivers, Nyesom Wike have denied receiving the amounts published by the Federal Government as accruing to their states in the first tranche of the London/Paris loan refunds.
Dickson said his government got only N14.5bn, contrary to the Ministry of Finance’s claim that he received N24, 895, 696, 347.55.
The governor revealed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr Francis Agbo.
The governor, therefore, called on the people of Bayelsa and the general public to ignore false publications on the state.
Meanwhile, Governor Nyesom Wike also denied receiving the highest allocation of N34, 925, 785, 322.06 in the Paris Refunds.
Wike while speaking in a church service over the weekend said he (Wike) along with Akwa-Ibom and Bayelsa States were short paid in the refunds.
He noted that those short paid in the refunds are mainly members of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He however challenged the Federal Government and the Minister of Finance in particular to make documentations of the refunds to states public.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Federal Government through the Ministry of Finance had made the N516, 384, 636, 883.81 disbursements to the 36 states and FCT from the Paris refunds public.
The finance ministry in a statement said the funds released from the Paris refunds were strictly meant to pay salaries of workers.
“The funds were released to state governments as part of the wider efforts to stimulate the economy and were specifically designed to support states in meeting salary and other obligations, thereby alleviating the challenges faced by workers,” a statement by the ministry said.