Buhari/Osinbajo to declare asset Public after verification

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said that the public release of his asset declaration is being delayed by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

According to President Buhari, his declared assets and those of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will be released to the public upon the completion of their verification by the bureau. Buhari hoped that the verification exercise would be completed before the expiration of the 100-day deadline within which he and Osinbajo said they would do this.

The President stated that he was under obligation to make his assets declaration public to fulfill one of his campaign promises.

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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who announced this in a statement on behalf of Buhari on Saturday, said, “The duly completed forms by both the President and the Vice-President were submitted to the CCB on March 28th, a clear day ahead of their inauguration.”

Shehu said the statement was warranted by the need to clarify some suggestions that Buhari and Osinbajo might not, after all, declare their assets publicly.