…orders all outgoing officials to do same
By Ukpono Ukpong
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all outgoing officials, elected and appointed from the Vice President downwards to collect the assets declaration form, fill, and return it as he has done.
Buhari gave the order yesterday upon collecting his form from the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Professor Isah Mohammed in Abuja.
President Buhari said no one is excluded from the Constitutional duty of assets declaration.
Speaking further, he said that his strict adherence to the constitutional requirement of assets declaration before and after taking office is aimed at strengthening best practices, raising moral standards in Public Service, helping to build integrity and combating corruption.
“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.”
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Professor 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.
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