President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have
declared their assets in line with provisions of the Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued
on Saturday by Buhari’s Head of Media Team, Garba Shehu. The statement
said that the Code of Conduct Bureau on Friday acknowledged the
submission of the two leaders’ assets declaration forms. The forms, the
statement said, were submitted separately on May 28 and signed for by
the organisation’s Chairman, Sam Saba.
It said: “President Buhari’s Declarant ID was given as: ‘President:
000001/2015′. “The Nigerian Constitution states in Chapter VI Section
140, that a person elected to the office of President shall not begin to
perform the functions of that office until he has declared his assets
and liabilities as prescribed in the Constitution.” By declaring their
assets, the statement said that President Buhari and Vice President
Osinbajo may have not only fulfilled the requirements of the Nigerian
Constitution, but also fulfilled the first of their many campaign
promises. It noted that while seeking election into the highest office
in the land, the President had promised Nigerians that he would publicly
declare his assets as soon as he took over government.
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