Barely two months to May 29 inauguration, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, faces a burden –to declare or not to declare his assets in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau.Barely two months to May 29 inauguration, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, faces a burden –to declare or not to declare his assets in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau.
For the incoming President, one major reason many Nigerians are interested in his asset declaration, including those of his wife and children, is the web of controversies around his sources of wealth. Although the public declaration law didn’t compel a public officer to declare his or her assets publicly, the spirit and the intent of the law on asset declaration were created to make room for public scrutiny of assets declared by public officials.
A chieftain of APC, Farouk Aliyu, had, before the presidential election, assured Nigerians that Tinubu would declare his assets if he wins the contest. Now that he has won and his inauguration is drawing near, the onus is on him to lead by example. The Executive Director of CODE, Hamzat Lawal, who spoke for the coalition, said there was need for all the presidential candidates, government, and critical stakeholders to prioritise accountability issues in government processes, and fiscal transparency.
He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari failed in declaring his assets. We don’t want a situation whereby politicians will go into public offices and enrich themselves and cronies.” “On many occasions, people say a public officer suddenly becomes rich after he or she was elected or appointed into public office, whereas it often doesn’t follow. Several elected or appointed people are already very rich and have acquired a lot of assets before they got into public offices.
“This has always been a subject of discussion among public officers. As long as we all know that corruption is prevalent, one of the areas to check is by making public officers declare their assets before taking office. He said: “The problem of getting Tinubu to declare his assets, and that of his wife, and his children, would be difficult because he must also dictate the source and the exact location.
But Hayab said his candid advice for Tinubu to clarify controversies surrounding his age, source of wealth, and others by seizing the declaration opportunity to tell Nigerians that stories about him are not true.
He is not declaring! Everybody should go to court
Baba if I may advise you, go and rest, you are not fit to be a president.
This is another opportunity for Nigerians to realize that this 'President Select' is not clean; Tinubu has no known source of income.
The best president ever, i compare him to the likes of George Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Donald Trump and so on.
Is this the first time for him to declare his assets? Then why is now a burden to do it again.
Declare wetin? We dont even know his real name at birth.
Somebody that is above the law!
Tinubu can't be Nigeria President
Tinubu can't rule Nigeria.
Will it include the street value of stash and stockpile of illicit drugs and those on transit?
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