The newly declared governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has ordered all financial institutions where the state funds are domiciled not to honour any draft till further notice.
He gave the order a few hours after the Supreme Court declared him the duly elected governor of the state on Tuesday.
In a letter titled, “Order of post no debit on all accounts of Imo state government effective immediately 14 January 2020,” addressed to the regional directors and managers of all the financial institutions in Imo state and signed by Cosmos Iwu, director-general of Senator Hope Uzodinma campaign organization, ordered the financial institutions to post no debit on all the accounts of the state domiciled in their banks till further instructions are given.
The letter read, “Following the Supreme Court judgment of 14 January 2020, I am directed by his excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma to take this as your authority/instruction to place a post no debit order on all accounts of the Imo state government maintained in your various institutions.
“You are by this letter directed to comply and await further instruction from the office of his excellency, the executive governor of Imo state. Thanks for your cooperation.”
