Asset declaration: CCB requests forms be submitted before May 29 from Tinubu and others.
The Code of Conduct Bureau has mandated that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, and 28 incoming governors declare their assets by May 29 — 22 days before the presidential inauguration.
Before they are sworn in on June 5th, other officials, such as senators and representatives-elect, are expected to disclose their financial status.
According to the law, the asset declaration is a necessary component of the swearing-in event, the CCB spokesperson, Mrs. Veronica Kato, told The PUNCH in Abuja.
She said that a number of elected politicians had begun obtaining their asset declaration forms at CCB state offices across the country, and that they were required to submit the completed copies to the bureau before the day of the inauguration.The paperwork for assets declaration will be obtained from the CCB and submitted by the departing officials, including presidential advisers, the 28 state governors and their cabinet members, National Assembly and state assembly members, and local government chairmen, in accordance with the 1999 constitution.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retired); his running mate, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; and other public officials may or may not have reported their assets prior to leaving office in accordance with the law, according to the article.
According to the constitution, all public officials must disclose their assets and debts both when they take office and after their terms are up.
The impacted officials are expected to give comprehensive information, including but not limited to the quantity, varieties, addresses, values, dates of purchase, and, as applicable, income derived from the properties that have been so declared.
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