Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja –
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has directed the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate effect.
The state Commissioner for Finance, Asiru Idris, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Lokoja.
Mr. Idris said no imprest or any form of payment should be made to anyone from Government Account henceforth.
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.”
The state government’s directive is coming barely few days after berating his aides over what he described as poor misrepresentation of his administration.
