The Ondo State acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has directed the immediate freezing of the accounts of local government administrations across the state.
ADULAWO News reports that Aiyedatiwa made the decision just a few weeks after his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, appointed caretaker chairmen for 18 local government areas and 33 local council development areas.
The order was given in a press statement released from the office of the acting governor which also banned all the chairmen from opening new bank accounts for the councils.
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The memo, which has also caused tension within political circles in the state, was addressed to the Heads of Local Government Administrations.
The statement reads, “Distinguished HOLGAs, Your Excellency, the Acting Governor of Ondo State, has directed that all spending and expenditure from local government accounts should be suspended, with no signing of checks, no change of signatories, and no withdrawal of any sort until further directive.”
Recall that ADULAWO News had yesterday reported that Aiyedatiwa suspended the Chief of Protocol to Akeredolu, Bola Alabi, and replaced him with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Olusegun Omojuwa.
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The state government had said Alabi would return to his duty post when the governor returns from the medical vacation in Germany.