CCB tells Nigeria’s president-elect, Tinubu to declare assets
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Mr Bola Tinubu
Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu has been given a deadline by the Code of Conduct Bureau to declare his assets.
The deadline is coming three weeks to Tinubu’s inauguration following his declaration as winner of the February 25 controversial presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
According to the CCB, Bola Tinubu; the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima and all 28 incoming governors must declare their assets before May 29.
Senators-elect and their House of Representatives counterparts are also expected to declare their assets before June 5, the date for their swearing in.
Spokesperson for the Bureau, Mrs Veronica Kato disclosed this in Abuja over the weekend.
According to Mrs Kato, asset declaration was an integral part of the swearing-in ceremony.
The CCB image maker revealed that several other elected officials have started picking their assets declaration forms at bureau’s state offices nationwide.
In line with the 1999 constitution, outgoing officials, including presidential aides, 28 state governors and their cabinet members, National Assembly and state assembly members and local government chairmen are expected to equally obtain the assets declaration forms from the CCB and submit the same.
