{"id":425239,"date":"2011-05-16T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/16\/govs-elect-can%e2%80%99t-freeze-state-accounts-agf\/"},"modified":"2011-05-16T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T23:00:00","slug":"govs-elect-cant-freeze-state-accounts-agf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/16\/govs-elect-cant-freeze-state-accounts-agf\/","title":{"rendered":"Govs-elect can\u2019t freeze state accounts -AGF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"70.3840182648\">\n<div readability=\"25.0277777778\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.ng\/index.php\/front-page-news\/22083-govs-elect-cant-freeze-state-accounts-agf?tmpl=component&#038;print=1&#038;page=\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\">|\u00a0Print\u00a0|<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.ng\/index.php\/component\/mailto\/?tmpl=component&#038;link=aHR0cDovL3RyaWJ1bmUuY29tLm5nL2luZGV4LnBocC9mcm9udC1wYWdlLW5ld3MvMjIwODMtZ292cy1lbGVjdC1jYW50LWZyZWV6ZS1zdGF0ZS1hY2NvdW50cy1hZ2Y%3D\" title=\"E-mail\">\u00a0E-mail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Written by Tunde Oyesina, Abuja<\/span> <span>Tuesday, 17 May 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>THE Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), on Monday cautioned<\/p>\n<p>the newly elected officials over political utterances bordering on governance, saying that governors-elect cannot freeze state accounts.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement by the AGF and made available to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201dGovernment\u2019s attention has been drawn to recent pronouncement and declarations by some newly elected officials that are not only contrary to the letter and spirit of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended but also capable of impacting negatively on the smooth running of government business in the affected states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost worrisome are statements credited to some governors-elect to the effect that the accounts of the states where they won elections should be frozen until they are sworn into office. In some instances, some governors\u2013elect have sought to countermand the directives of incumbent governors whose respective tenure is yet to elapse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to state that such actions are clearly illegal and capable of engendering the breakdown of law and order and political instability in the affected states, a situation that would no doubt impact negatively on governance and smooth conduct of government business. We, therefore, condemn such actions and respectfully advise all concerned to exercise restraint and allow the tenure of incumbent office holders to come to an end in accordance with the dictates of the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is more so as the incumbent officials (governors) are the only persons constitutionally recognised to govern and\/or administer their respective states. It should be appreciated that the mandate given to new governors-elect at the last general election will not take effect until their inauguration on the 29th May, 2011. Until the inauguration, no person or authority can lawfully impede the administration of incumbent state governors and this should be respected by all and sundry in order to protect our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tribune.com.ng\/index.php\/front-page-news\/22083-govs-elect-cant-freeze-state-accounts-agf\" title=\"Govs-elect can\u2019t freeze state accounts -AGF\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govs-elect can\u2019t freeze state accounts -AGF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> |\u00a0Print\u00a0| \u00a0E-mail Written by Tunde Oyesina, Abuja Tuesday, 17 May 2011 THE Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN), on Monday cautioned the newly elected officials over political utterances bordering on governance, saying that governors-elect cannot freeze state accounts. 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