Peter Dada, Akure
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has frozen the accounts of the 18 Local Government Areas of the state.
The chairmen and counsellors of the councils are the members of the Peoples Democratic Party who were elected into office after winning the local government election held in April 2016.
It was gathered that the government had sent a circular to all the 18 LGAs to inform them of its decision.
It was also gathered that the salaries of the political appointees in the 18 LGAs had been stopped as their names had allegedly been removed from the payment roll of the government.
The affected appointees include secretaries of the councils, personal assistants, special advisers, chiefs of staff, among others.
Sequel to the freezing of the accounts, a source told our correspondent that the local government chairmen would no longer be able to have access to the accounts of their respective councils.
The source said, “The government has frozen the councils’ accounts since last week and all the council chairmen are aware already.
“The implication of this is that the chairmen have been rendered powerless financially because they will not be able to take or spend any money from the councils’ purse henceforth.”
When contacted, the state Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Mr. Bayo Alarapon, who confirmed the development, said the association had yet to decide on the next line of action.
Alarapon, who is the chairman of the Akure-South Local Government Council said, “We have not really gone into the matter. Whatever we decide later, we will let the world know.”
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