President Muhammadu
Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have declared their assets to the Code
of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution but failed to make the
contents public.
The head of Buhari’s
media team, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Saturday, said the President and the
Vice President submitted their assets declaration forms separately on Thursday.
Shehu added that the
CCB, through its Chairman, Sam Saba, on Friday acknowledged the receipt of the
forms.
He gave Buhari’s
declaration identity number as “President: 000001/2015.”
Shehu, however, did not
disclose the contents of the assets declaration forms.
“By declaring their
assets, President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo may have not only
fulfilled the requirements of the Nigerian Constitution, but also fulfilled the
first of their many campaign promises.
“While seeking election
into the highest office in the land, the President had promised Nigerians that
he would publicly declare his assets as soon as he took over government,” he
wrote.
The Nigerian
Constitution states in Chapter VI Section 140 that a person elected to the
Office of the President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office
until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in the
Constitution.
Though the president’s
aide believes the declaration was in fulfillment of Buhari’s campaign promises,
analysts claim the President has not done anything spectacular because the
contents were not made public.
In February this year,
while campaigning Buhari had said that he would publicly declare his assets and
liabilities, if voted into power.
Buhari stated this in a
document. The document highlighted what Buhari would do in his first 100 days
if he assumed power on May 29.
He said he would
encourage political appointees in his administration to also declare their
assets publicly.
Had the new president
kept to his words he will be the country’s second president to publicly declare
his assets…
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