The issue of assets declaration took the front burner in the first week of May when the Code of Conduct Bureau directed the then President-elect, Bola Tinubu; the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, and 28 incoming governors to declare their assets before May 29.
The CCB spokesperson, Mrs Veronica Kato, had told The PUNCH in Abuja that asset declaration was an integral part of the swearing-in ceremony, according to the law.
The constitution stipulates that all public officers shall declare their assets and liabilities on the assumption of office and at the end of their tenure of office.
The affected officials are required to provide detailed information including but not limited to the number, types, address, and value of properties so declared and the date of acquisition as well as income derivable from the properties where appropriate.
But the anti-graft group insisted that its appeal for the CCB to properly scrutinise the assets became necessary following the contentious issues thrown up by the asset declared by some political officeholders.
Addressing a press conference held in Abuja on Tuesday evening, the Director of the group, Joseph Gamji, told reporters that the CCB should be alive to its responsibilities and regularly scrutinise asset declarations.
“This is why we are calling on the CCB to ensure that people do not just come to submit or declare their assets. They should be able to investigate to know the sources of the assets declared by political officeholders,” he stated.
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