All Outgoing Officials Must Declare Assets – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated all outgoing officials (elected and appointed) to declare their assets.

The president, who stated this while collecting his asset declaration form from the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau, Professor Isah Mohammed, in Abuja on Friday, said no one is excluded from the exercise as it is a Constitutional duty.

According to a statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, Buhari said 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.

To that effect, the president directed that all outgoing officials from the Vice President downward must collect the assets declaration form, fill and return it as he has done.

“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 per cent 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.