President Muhammadu Buhari has directed his deputy, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and all elected and appointed government officials under him to declare their assets before leaving office.
President Buhari gave the directive, on Friday, while receiving his Declaration of Assets Form from Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Prof. Isah Mohammed, at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, in Abuja.
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The President directed that all outgoing officials, elected and appointed from the Vice President downwards must collect the assets declaration form, fill and return it as he had done.
He noted that no one was excluded from the Constitutional duty of assets declaration.
According to President Buhari, “I signed, collected and acknowledged receiving my form. From here, I will ask my bank Manager in Kaduna to show me what has gone in and out of my account. Nobody is excluded from declaring their assets. I expected everyone from the Vice President downwards to follow the system.”
However, Prof. Mohammed said compliance by the President in the last eight years and the support he had given to the Bureau had enabled it to achieve 99% compliance by elected and appointed officials.
He also acknowledged the support of the President in the achievement of the digitization of its services and operations thereby helping the organisation to open investigation of cases with greater efficiency.
The process is a constitutional requirement for public officeholders to declare their assets before taking office.