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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied reports claiming he asked South-South Governors, to account for the over N56 trillion received from the federation\u2019s account since 1999.<\/p>\n

Akpabio reportedly made the call during the inauguration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters secretariat in Port Harcourt last month.<\/p>\n

It forced the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, to ask the Minister to mind his language while speaking about governors in the zone.<\/p>\n

But delivering a keynote address on Friday at the NDDC Strategic Capacity Workshop\/Retreat in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Akpabio insisted he could not have made such a call because that would have meant indicting himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was governor for eight years. So if I called for the governors to render an account, it, therefore, means that I\u2019m indicting myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe social media picks the wrong thing and a governor in the South-South was said to have reacted to it. Of course, I had to keep quiet because there was no need to respond.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m advising personalities to be careful what you pick from the social media. It is not the best source to pick information from,\u201d Akpabio said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied reports claiming he asked South-South Governors, to account for the over N56 trillion received from the federation\u2019s account since 1999. 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