President Muhammadu Buhari says in fulfilment of one of their campaign
promises, his declared assets and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
will be released to the public upon the completion of their verification
by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
It is hoped that this process will be completed before the expiry of the
100-day deadline within which they said they would do this.
The Senior Special Assistant, SSA (Media and Publicity), Mal. Garba Shehu
who announced this in a statement on behalf of the President on Saturday,
6 June, said “the duly completed forms by both the President and the Vice
President were submitted to the CCB on March 28th, a clear day ahead of
their inauguration.”
He said this statement was warranted by the need to clarify some
suggestions that the President and the Vice-President may not, after all,
declare their assets publicly.
“While such public display of concern is appreciated and valued, it must
be said that it is a little precipitate.
“As required by law, the declaration and submission of documents to the
CCB have been made, but there still remains the aspect of verification
which the Bureau will have to conduct to authenticate the submissions made
to it.
“In the circumstances, it is only after this verification exercise, and
not before, that the declaration can be said to have been made and
validated; and only after this, will the details be released to the
public.
“There is no question at all that the President and the Vice President are
committed to public declaration of their assets within the 100 days that
they pledged during the presidential campaign.
“The President and the Vice President wish to thank Nigerians for their
show of concern, and for the confidence they have shown in their leaders’
integrity, as evidenced by the high pedestal of uprightness and
expectations on which they have placed them.”