Kano Govt Appointees Refuse To Declare Assets, Yusuf Orders Them To Comply

Governor Abba Yusuf has directed all government appointees in the state to declare their assets, the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports.

The governor said only 30 percent of those appointed by him has so far declared their assets, while 70 have yet to do so.

Governor Yusuf gave the directive during the Ramadan breaking of fast with heads of government agencies and special advisers at Government House, Kano.

According to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, government officials are mandated to declare their assets, failure which they will be prosecuted.

However, the assets declaration, are to be made public with the consent of the assets owner. Only a few leaders in the country had allowed their assets declaration to be made public.

For instance, the late President Umaru Yar-dua, after becoming president in 2007 ordered his assets declaration to be made public, with great applause from not a few Nigerians who insist that other top government official should do the same.

His vice at the time, Goodluck Jonathan faced serious criticism from  the public who also demanded that he made his assets public.

Jonathan who went ahead to succeed President Yar’adua refused to make his assets public, saying no law compelled him to do so.

His successors, Muhammadu Buhari and current President Bola Ahmed Tinubu have refused to declare their assets publicly to  Nigerians amid serious push-back from their critics.