Civil servants across Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have lamented the slow pace of activities and other schedules in the discharge of their responsibilities due to the non-availability of fund following the freezing order on their accounts by the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN).
Senior government and low cadre officers told newsmen yesterday that the non-availability of funds was hampering the operation and expectation of the workers.
Recall that the federal government had placed embargo on further payments to the MDAs of the federal government till further notice.
Officials however told newsmen, on condition of anonymity, that it was the administration of the immediate-past President Muhammadu Buhari that gave the order days before he handed over to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prevent the looting of government treasury or other untoward last minute and frivolous spending.
It was observed that workers in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) were lamenting the cash crunch, with two of them saying that it was one of the reasons for the low key June 12 celebration and the hosting of new 21st SGF, Senator George Akume, who resumed office on June 7.
Also, senior officials in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHoCSF), revealed that they were caught unawares, as they were expecting the Tinubu administration to place the freezing order, and were shocked that it was the Buhari administration that did that for reasons they did not understand.
Reports have it that apart from the payment of salaries to federal workers, which is being done directly from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, every other payment or financial mandates cannot be honoured due to the embargo.
