THE Kogi State Government has issued a directive to freeze all state and local government accounts, effective immediately.
A Thursday statement signed by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris, said no form of payment should be made to anyone from the government account henceforth.
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 on safeguarding state funds.
The governor also issued a questionnaire to all 21 local government chairmen, which they were asked to submit last Tuesday.
