Nigeria’s governors are shying away from following the path of probity laid by President Muhammadu Buhari in making public their assets, as they, weekend, declined to follow suit.
The exception was Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Jigawa State, who, yesterday, pledged to follow the example of President Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in making known his assets and that of his deputy, Ibrahim Hadeja.
Other governors contacted, weekend, however, demurred. The nays cutting across party lines said that they would not go beyond the constitutional requirement imposed on them in submitting their declared assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
President Buhari and Osinbajo had, last Thursday, made public their assets, becoming the second time a Nigerian leader in the Fourth Republic would make known his assets. The only other precedence was in 2007 when late President Umaru Yar‘Adua made known his declared assets.
Contacted, yesterday, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State affirmed that he would not do it, saying that having done it in 2011 necessity was not on him to do it again and urged those interested in knowing his worth to use the Freedom of Information Act to access it.
Ajimobi, others say no
Speaking through his spokesperson, Mr. Gbade Ojo , the governor said: “Declaration of assets is a constitutional matter that all civil servants must do. The Code of Conduct Act makes it mandatory for all civil servants to do so. But the Act does not make it compulsory that it is done publicly.
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