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FG to discontinue cash withdrawal from all public accounts

Mohammed Koi by Mohammed Koi
December 21, 2022
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The Federal Government has stated that it was putting measures in place to stop cash withdrawal from Federal, States and Local Government Accounts.

The Director/CEO of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Alhaji Modibbo Hamman Tukur, hinted Tuesday during a meting with the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmud Yakubu.
According to him, “because of the consistent devaluation of the Naira and the introduction of a new naira policy, section 1 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act is automatically activated”.

Mr Tukur further stated that most cash withdrawals from government accounts, including payments for estacode, are often in excess of the cash withdrawal limit provided by the Money Laundering Act. 

This, he said, exposes innocent Public Servants to being liable to imprisonment. 

He also said the NFIU was developing an advisory to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), state governors and Local Government Council chairmen to direct all public servants to open domiciliary and naira accounts ahead of the commencement of the policy which becomes compulsory by law.

The NFIU boss added that governors and council chairmen will also need to organize trainings for market men and women on how to use ATM and POS services.

Similarly, the NFIU Chief Media Analyst, Ahmed Dikko, has refuted news stories that the NFIU will block Federal Government accounts in January 2023.

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