- Pix above(l-r): Gov Yahaya Bello and Gov-elect Usman Ododo
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Barely a few days after working hard to ensure his anointed compatriot, Usman Ododo, won the recently-concluded Kogi State governorship election, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has directed the freezing of all state and local government accounts with immediate effect.
In a statement on Thursday, the Commissioner for Finance, Asiru 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.”
Bello, who is at the end of his eight-year two-term 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 November 11, 2023 Kogi State Governorship Election.(agency)/SHARE THIS
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