Kogi State government has issues immediate effect for all state and local government accounts to be frozen.
No payments of any kind should be pay to anyone from the government account going forward, according to a statement released ttoday and signed by Asiwaju Asiru Idris, Commissioner of Finance.
According to the statement, all “standing orders and investment instructions are hereby cancelled forthwith”.
However, our correspondent gathered that the decision may be connected with the governor’s concerns regarding the performances of some members of his cabinet.
According to him, despite being mobilised to provide transportation and other logistics for the electorates during the election, “you have all failed to deliver while the mobilisation funds ended in private pockets.”
The governor went ahead to issue a questionnaire to all 21 local government chairmen, which they were asked to submit last Tuesday.
Morenikeji Adedayo is a journalist and contributor to Freelanews.com, covering news, business, and public affairs.
