Asset declaration: Submit forms before May 29, CCB tells Tinubu, others

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The Code of Conduct Bureau has asked the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima and 28 incoming governors to declare their assets before May 29.

Other officials, including senators-elect and Reps-elect, are expected to do same before June 5 when they would be sworn in.

The CCB spokesperson, Mrs Veronica Kato, made this known to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend.

She said that asset declaration was an integral part of the swearing-in ceremony, according to the law.

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.

The declarations are subject to verification by the CCB officers.

Failure to declare their assets as required under the provisions of paragraph 11 of the 5th Schedule of the Federal Constitution attracts on conviction removal from office, disqualification from holding any public office and forfeiture to the state of any property acquired in abuse of office or dishonesty.

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