Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has told civil servants in the state to their faces that most of them are wicked.
Fubara remarked this during the inauguration of the Permanent Secretaries’ Quarters in Elimgbu, Port Harcourt, while advising the beneficiaries of the project on maintenance: “Government at times, not that they tend to be wicked, or not to be caring, but one of the things that discourages them, it is not mine, you know, most of you civil servants are very wicked.
“This well-built house, as soon as you pack in, you don’t mind damaging parts of the wall. Please treat this as your own and personal property. Knowing that the government spent money on it for your own betterment, protect it, and let it be a legacy that we all should be proud of.”
The governor however traced corruption in Nigeria to absence of social security saying: “If you have the basic needs of life, do you need to get involved in anything criminal? The only reason why people get involved in things like that is because of insecurity.
“Insecurity is not only banditry overriding villages or cases of robbers invading your homes, but when you are in your corner, you are not sure of what happens to you in the next hour or the next day.
“It is more complicated when you are a family man. In that case, people are forced to do the unthinkable, which results in a lot of crimes in one way or another that diminish governance.”
