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Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, yesterday, directed immediate freezing of all state government accounts and those of its agencies domiciled in every bank and financial institution across the state and the federation.
The directive was announced in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, saying: “By this notice, all banks and other financial institutions in the country are directed to immediately stop honouring any cheque, document, instrument or directive of any kind not expressly approved by or emanating from the governor.”
Ekeoma added that Otti also directed immediate dissolution of all boards, agencies and parastatals in the state, and subsequently ordered the chief executives of these organisations to hand over to those next to them.
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