ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate effect.
This is coming barely a few days after berating his aides over what he described as poor misrepresentation of his administration.
Governor Bello gave the directive in a statement on Thursday, through the Commissioner for Finance, Asiru Idris.
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He said henceforth, no imprest or any form of payment should be made to anyone from Government Account.
According to the statement, all “standing orders and investment instructions are hereby cancelled forthwith”.
“All Kogi State and Local Government Accounts are hereby frozen with effect from today, Thursday 22nd November 2003.”
Governor Bello, who is at the end of his eight-year double tenure, is expected to hand over power to the Governor-Elect, Usman Ododo, in January 2024.
Ododo, an ex-Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi under Bello, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate had won the 11 November, 2023 Kogi State Governorship Election.