The Code of Conduct Bureau in Abuja has sent a message to Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), barely twenty-two days before the presidential inauguration asking him to declare his assets .

According to the Bureau, the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; the vice president-elect, Kashim Shettima, and 28 incoming governors must declare their assets. It added that this must be done before May 29. Other officials, including senators-elect and Reps-elect, are expected to declare their assets before  June 5 when they would be sworn in.

This was reported by Politics Nigeria who said that this was disclosed by the CCB spokesperson, Mrs Veronica Kato. She stated that according to the law, asset declaration was an integral part of the swearing-in ceremony. Going further, she disclosed that several elected officials had started picking their assets declaration forms at the CCB state offices nationwide and that they were expected to submit the filled copies to the bureau before the inauguration day. The outgoing officials, including presidential aides, 28 state governors and their cabinet members, National Assembly and state assembly members, and local government chairmen will equally obtain the assets declaration forms from the CCB and submit the same in line with the 1999 constitution.

Ada Peter