I'll Still Publicly Declare My Assets–Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians of his willingness to make his assets known to the public. The President said this through a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by his spokesman, Garba Shehu.

Buhari said once the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, verifies his assets as filled in the forms he submitted to the agency, he will then release it for the general public to see.

Shehu explained that the duly “completed forms by both the President and the Vice President were submitted to the CCB on May 28, a clear day ahead of their inauguration,” and expressed hopes that the process will be completed within the 100 days in office he promised Nigerians during his campaign.

“As required by law, the declaration and submission of documents to the CCB have been made, but there still remains the aspect of verification which the Bureau will have to conduct to authenticate the submissions made to it,” the statement said.

Shehu explained further that, “In the circumstances, it is only after this verification exercise, and not before, that the declaration can be said to have been made and validated; and only after this, will the details be released to the public.”

He added that, “There is no question at all that the President and the Vice President are committed to public declaration of their assets within the 100 days that they pledged during the presidential campaign.”