Sacked Commissioner Didn’t Know Limit Of His Power – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike has said that he sacked the state commissioner of environment, Dr. Igbiks Tamuno because he didn’t know the limit of his power.

Speaking at the signing of contracts for the Trans -Kalabari Road project phase one, and the Saakpenwa-Bori -Kono Road project  phase two, the governor accused the sacked commissioner of sabotage by ordering Julius Berger to stop construction on a road project.

He said:

“Let me tell those from Kalabari,  I will not take any sabotage. If anybody tries to sabotage the work, then your people will suffer because I’ll cancel the contract. Even the companies, they shouldn’t cause crisis to sabotage the work. I will not hesitate to take drastic action.”

Speaking further, Governor Wike explained that the Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Igbiks Tamuno was sacked because he engaged in acts that amounted to sabotage.

“I don’t know how a commissioner can write to a company to stop work without my approval. And Julius Berger in that matter,  to stop construction in the entire State, I have never heard of such thing before. I didn’t know that commissioners have so much power like that.

“I’m saying it because some of you don’t even know the limits of your power. These are contractors working for the state government. He (Tamuno) never interfaced with the Ministry of Works. We have paid Julius Berger and you ask them to stop work, so that they will come and ask for variation later,” he asked in reference to the sacked commissioner.

Those who signed for the Rivers State Government were  the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor,  Commissioner for Works, Elloka Tasie-Amadi  and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Mrs. Ebere Emenike.

The General Manager of CCECC,  Zou Xiaowei and his Deputy,  Gao Qiang, the General Manager of Lubrik Construction Company,  Rabih Elramedi and Kennedy Odogbo signed for their respective companies.

Governor Wike said with a secured payment plan of N1 billion monthly to be paid into the accounts of the construction companies, the deadlines for the two projects will not be compromised.

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