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.
Source: the nation
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