NFIU guidelines will stop fraudulent activities in state-LG’s joint account, says NULGE
Speaking to newsmen in Kano, the NULGE President revealed that the guideline issued will prevent state governments from making withdrawals from local governments’ funds and mandates financial institutions to distribute funds accruable to local governments among the local government councils of that state and not for other purposes.
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