The governor said he met no official car or a truck to operate with as they were all carted away, adding that he inherited an empty treasury and a whooping huge debt profile of one hundred and eighty seven point five six billion naira accompanied by accumulated months of unpaid salaries and entitlements of civil servants and pensioners in the state.
Governor Alia who was responding to calls by the Peoples Democratic Party in the state that he should reverse his decision that led to the nullification of all last-minute appointments made by his predecessor over claims that they were legally employed, urged the party to seek forgiveness from people of the state and stop playing to the gallery for it had imposed untold pains and penury on the people.
The governor in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Tersoo Kula insisted that his decision to sweep away all last-minute appointments made by the former governor remains irreversible.
