The Federal government on Friday revealed that it has not stopped the disbursement of funds to Rivers State.
The clarification was made by Director of Press and Public Relations at the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Bawa Mokwa.
According Mokwa, the FG would comply with the court order which allows the state to still receive monthly allocations from the Federal government.
The statement partly reads, “Since there is a notice of appeal, the notice of appeal has overridden the earlier court judgment. So far, it is a court order that we will obey; if there is a notice of appeal, Rivers will be paid.”
Edum News recalls that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had on October 30 barred the Federal Government from releasing further monthly allocations to Rivers State.
The court, in the judgement that was delivered by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from allowing the state to draw funds from the consolidated revenue account.
