Audit Office Decided to Freeze Accounts of all Government Bodies.

Tripoli, 22 January 2015(Lana) The Chief of the Audit Office 'Khalid Shekshek' on Wednesday issued a decision freezing bank accounts of all Government bodies and departments. The decision called for a freeze on all Government agencies and departments which are financed by the public treasury, and to transfer all outstanding balances to the Public Revenue Account at the Central Bank of Libya account No. '190031', as a control measure over the state accounts, and as a result of the fall of general revenues. The Decision No. 23 of 2015, banned any spending authorization or transfer of funds to public bodies before settling down of all their bank accounts, and depositing their balances at the PRA. As part of the control measures the Audit office earlier issued a decision banning releasing of salaries of public servants who fail to furnish their employers with the national number, in a bid to combat job duplication. Meanwhile, the Administrative Control body has urged public organisations to withhold February salaries of personnel who fail to fill a special form on commitment to sign in the time sheet. =Lana=