Though exorbitant gate fees were charged by the organizers, what was realized from the gate fees proceeds could not have paid hotel and travel expenses for the American visitors who Saharareporters learnt also charged huge appearance fees. There were chartered flights that brought personnel and equipments for the event. At one point, the organizers chartered the largest cargo plane on the planet, Russian made Antropov, to ferrry sound equipments from the US to Nigeria.
Apart from the Bayelsa State governor, whose donation was facilitated by a former commissioner in Alamieyesegha government, many other south-south governors made huge donations to the project.
You would think, with the fall of Dieprieye Solomon Peter (DSP) Alamieyeseigha over corruption charges, his predecessor would prudently manage the state resources. It is becoming clearer from pictures presented by sources at the EFCC, that Goodluck Jonathan, whose wife was recently cited for money laundering activities, is no different from his thieving predecessor.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('content1'); });
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