President Muhammadu Buhari has said that governors, ministers and top civil servants must declare their assets

Buhari said the imperative for elected public officials and top civil servants in the category of permanent secretaries was a constitutional obligation. .

The president, who had last week made public his assets, threw the challenge in Accra, Ghana, yesterday where he had gone on a one-day working visit to President John Dramani Mahama.

The Nigerian leader was responding to a question from the Ghanaian press during a joint press conference with Mahama after bilateral talks at the Peduase Lodge in Aburi on how he could impress it on other African leaders and public office holders to emulate him by making assets declaration a priority in governance.

Buhari said assets declaration had been engrained in the Nigerian Constitution, saying he had done such four times since 1975 that he had served the country in various capacities.

His words: “I recall that in 1975 when late Murtala Mohammed became the Head of State, we were lined up in the corridor – governors, ministers, members of the Supreme Military Council – and officials of Ministry of Justice were brought and every individual was made to declare his assets.

“So right now, all heads of state and government, governors, ministers, permanent secretaries will have to declare their assets because it is a constitutional requirement.

“In Nigeria, it is a constitutional issue and that is why I am blaming you gentlemen of the press. If you really want to do investigative journalism, you don’t have to worry me at this stage; I have declared my assets four times.

“When I was governor in 1975, I declared. After being Minister of Petroleum and as a member of Supreme Military Council, I declared. When I was Head of State and now as a President, I also declared.

“I have declared my assets and all that I have four times, and you (the media) have the right to go and demand for my declaration. Instead, I am being harassed.”

Buhari also challenged Nigerian journalists to go and look for details of his assets declaration instead of harassing him with further questions.

He said since he had declared his assets four times since 1975 that he had served in different capacities in the country, the journalists could be more investigative in their work if they could fish out the details.

Buhari said journalists who had been heckling him to publish the details of what he recently declared could do better by just using the law to dig up the records of his four separate declarations since 1975.

On security challenges, the president said the military was gaining ground and lot of progress was being made on the fight against Boko Haram to the extent that the terrorists were now isolated in the Sambisa forest, and would be routed very soon.

He said: “The first thing I did after I came into office was to re-organise the military and clear terms were given to them in terms of retraining, re-equipping and redeployment of troops.

“In the north-east, the military is gaining ground and Boko Haram has been severely limited to the Sambisa Forest.

“Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who moved out because of insurgency are gradually moving back to their constituencies and they are being integrated into their respective communities.”

He further assured the public that he would unveil other members of his cabinet before the end of September this year, failure of which Nigerians could then start to ask him questions.

“After I was sworn-in, I said I would have my cabinet in September and I expect that Nigerians should ask me questions after the 30th of September if I do not do that,” he stressed.

In his remarks, President Mahama commended Buhari’s efforts at galvanising West African nations to support their Lake Chad Basin counterparts to quash Boko Haram through the Multinational Joint Task Force.

He pledged to ensure Ghana plays her part well, including sharing relevant military intelligence with Nigerian authorities.

On the difficulties faced by Nigerians doing business in Ghana, Mahama explained that the law requiring them to pay capital/registration levy of $300,000 would be amended by the Ghanaian parliament as soon as the already approved biometric registration of ECOWAS traders, which begins next year, is completed.



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All governors must declare their assets publicly...

Lalasticlala the CHANGE must work... Good morning.

Please I want to start watching match.... Which club do I support? Like for Chelsea and Share for Man utd. I'm sorry I don't like Liverpool or Arsenal

OK na....I'm ready to listen to thr LIES

Nigerian media ain't shít. When did "Imperative" become "must".

The president cannot make it compulsory for state governors to declare anything. He can only force his ministers and political office holders he employed

waiting to see that loud mouth, fayose's asset...

It will be a good one but how genuie will their declarations be







Please check my signature for hand made shoe

A lot of people that will make the ministerial appointments list will no longer be interested with this event. However, this will bring in more transparency into the system.

Tanoids will surely stand behind Governors on this one whether APC or PDP.

You cant force somebody to declare assets or They'll all come out and lie

I know they are supposed to declare their assets, but are they mandated to make it public? I am aware they usually declare their assets, but is it their true asset declarations or fraudulent ones?

knuckbuck:
I know they are supposed to declare their assets, but are they mandated to make it public? I am aware they usually declare their assets, but is it their true asset declarations or fraudulent ones?

Jst like buhari, was that all his assets?

Yes they must

5% will soon start walking alone. Just like PDP withdrew their statements yesterday that's how All Tanoids will do soon. PMB declared Asset 4 times. olisa metuh should tell us Yaradua and his wife did it again! Gej and Sambo are yet to declare dias after de left office talk more of Madame PGEJ? do you see how smart and intelligent an Aboki, Brain dead, And Almagiri President is leading by example since1975. Wailers join the train.

So hug not transformer again o. Change is there already!

Biafra see how Daura zoo 73yrs President is representing right? once BH is cleared no terror will be accepted again.

Okorocha, Wike, Tambuwal, El Rufai, Dankwambo, Masari, Ambode, Emmanuel, Lalong, Bindo Umar...... PMB BELONGS TO EVERYBODY AND BELONGS TO NOBODY. All hail the KING. shey nou Orubebe will drop his passport too ds s how sanity comes to a country

God Bless Nigeria

Way to go!

But disclosure to the public should be made optional. Not everyone is comfortable with disclosing their complete worth...but it's a price they must pay.

So according to PMB what he did was an asset declaration?
smh for this government.
For the nitwits about too tag me a wailer. go back to the annals and see late. president Yar adua's declaration ( precision of assets and liabilities is the watch word here) then compare it with Shehu Garba's announcement (PMB asset declaration) and tell me the difference.

THIS MAN WILL END UP LIKE YARADUA

glassjar1:
THIS MAN WILL END UP LIKE YARADUA

How ?

Firefire:


How ?

HE IS SICK VERY SICK . ADVICE HIM NOW

mccoy47:
So according to PMB what he did was an asset declaration?
smh for this government.
For the nitwits about too tag me a wailer. go back to the annals and see late. president Yar adua's declaration ( precision of assets and liabilities is the watch word here) then compare it with Shehu Garba's announcement (PMB asset declaration) and tell me the difference.

Buhari has made a partial assets declaration, most of his assets are presumed to be in his wife's name.

However, we expect all the looting governors both present and immediate past to be compel to declare their assets for posterity.

Some people simply don't understand that Buhari is being very clever. Buhari is putting public pressure on others at different level of governance. A governor who will not declare his asset, when others have, will soon be seen as a leader with something to hide by the electorate. The "don't give a damn" refusal of GEJ to declare his asset was one of the things that put the public off our former President. That was the point many Nigerians realised Jonathan is corrupt and working for 'awon boyz' and not for ordinary Nigerians. well done Mr.President. We are in a democracy but a smart president will know how to use public pressure to whip leaders in line. Buhari's aim, ultimately, is to create a society where leaders are more accountable to the people.

Fire on the mountain! Shiit is about to get real. But by law, baba cannot force anybody to publicly declare their assets.

If it's the constitutionally sanctioned declaration,then this is no news because many office holders already did.

The problem is 'public declaration'

glassjar1:


HE IS SICK VERY SICK . ADVICE HIM NOW

What type of sickness ? May he founds healing in the Balm of Gilead.


ALL the 36 state governors must declare their assets.

I hereby challenge Gov. Ayodele Peter Fayose to lead the assets declaration to set a space.

mccoy47:
So according to PMB what he did was an asset declaration?
smh for this government.
For the nitwits about too tag me a wailer. go back to the annals and see late. president Yar adua's declaration ( precision of assets and liabilities is the watch word here) then compare it with Shehu Garba's announcement (PMB asset declaration) and tell me the difference.

Why not give us the so-called "precision" of Jonathan's assets and liabilities declaration as president? He was your most recent president.

mccoy47:
So according to PMB what he did was an asset declaration?
smh for this government.
For the nitwits about too tag me a wailer. go back to the annals and see late. president Yar adua's declaration ( precision of assets and liabilities is the watch word here) then compare it with Shehu Garba's announcement (PMB asset declaration) and tell me the difference.

Your hate won't last long. Did u know how to read at all? he ask CCB to publish it already after verification. He decleared 4 times. how many times did Yaradua and Jona decleared? keep hating wen Change is sweeping everywhere including Ghana...keep wailing

RichDad1:
Although, it's the right thing to do, Baba should know that it's optional. Only the righteous and incorruptible will tow PMB's path.

I see nothing bad in it. as big as Mr President he already in process of doing his own. 5 times?! wat are d governors made up of? y do u support corruption and help criticize PMB change mantra? yet u call it scam. tell ur Govs to open up if de are not corrupt let's start knowing the thiefs in PDP and APC. And yes Including Olisa metuh and Lai Mohamed

Yes even the local government chairman,the counselors and chiefs and obas must declare their assets,I'm enjoying this

Firefire:


Buhari has made a partial assets declaration, most of his assets are presumed to be in his wife's name.

However, we expect all the looting governors both present and immediate past to be compel to declare their assets for posterity.

you guys are unbelievable and you lend credence to the claim that Nigerians are some of the most difficult people in the world to deal with. Buhari declared his asset with the appropriate authority yet you claimed you wanted this made public even as some of us told you his asset will be verified and then made public. Now that the net worth of Buhari has been made public you move on to call it "partial asset declaration" and you are now insinuating, without any tangible evidence whatsoever and as gossipers will do, that "most of his assets are presumed to be in his wife's name".

I hope you understand that the first Lady is not a public official. She is entitled to full privacy and a sensible, fair-minded and politically sophisticated person will appreciate this. In sophisticated climes the public tend to leave the spouse of public officials alone especially when said spouse is well-behaved, keeps a low profile and is not controversial. Our first lady is doing this so far.I think everyone here knows you are biased against Buhari but you must give him credit when he does the right things, as some of us did with Jonathan even if we did not approve of him as a leader, instead of trying to look for new and insignificant ways to fault everything he does. Immediately moving focus to the first lady, after Buhari's asset is made public as you and others vehemently demanded, just shows that you are not genuinely interested in the reformation of Nigeria. You just want to find dishonest, ungracious and petty ways to criticize everything the government does whether good or bad. If the first Lady declares her asset then I am sure you will tell us that Buhari and his wife's asset is "presumed to be in their daughters/sons name". If Buhari's children declare their asset then you will say the Buhari family's asset is in the name of their local Imam. Where does it stop? the man has done the right thing. Let it go and learn to criticise constructively.

Nice

Gbawe:



you guys are unbelievable and you lend credence to the claim that Nigerians are some of the most difficult people in the world to deal with. Buhari declared his asset with the appropriate authority yet you claimed you wanted this made public even as some of us told you his asset will be verified and then made public. Now that the net worth of Buhari has been made public you move on to call it "partial asset declaration" and you are now insinuating, without any tangible evidence whatsoever and as gossipers will do, that "most of his assets are presumed to be in his wife's name".

I hope you understand that the first Lady is not a public official. She is entitled to full privacy and a sensible, fair-minded and politically sophisticated person will appreciate this. In sophisticated climes the public tend to leave the spouse of public officials alone especially when said spouse is well-behaved, keeps a low profile and is not controversial. Our first lady is doing this so far.I think everyone here knows you are biased against Buhari but you must give him credit when he does the right things, as some of us did with Jonathan even if we did not approve of him as a leader, instead of trying to look for new and insignificant ways to fault everything he does. Immediately moving focus to the first lady, after Buhari's asset is made public as you and others vehemently demanded, just shows that you are not genuinely interested in the reformation of Nigeria. You just want to find dishonest, ungracious and petty ways to criticize everything the government does whether good or bad.

Well Said

Asset declaration is a public stunt. What follows after asset declaration? Both the president and govs has four years to spend there (except govs reelected) so who want to police who after they finished their tunure. Nigeria lacks continuity in governance and fighting corruption. I am hoping for a Nigeria where nobody will be above the law for prosecution if found guilty....


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