@HENRYPIERCE when you are ready to publish your project, apply the following code
//check if user account has been activated by administrator
$user_status = strtolower($user['account_status']);
if($user_status != "active"){
return $this->login_fail(get_lang('Your account is not active please contact system administrator for more information'));
}
to your IndexController.php in the login_user function, immediately after line 34, and that should do it.