We’ll declare our assets publicly after verification – Buhari

We’ll declare our assets publicly after verification – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said he and Vice President Yemi
Osinbajo would only declare their assets publicly as promised during their
campaigns after the Code of Conduct Bureau had completed the verification of
their declared assets.

He expressed the hope that the verification would be concluded within the first
100 days of their administration during which they promised that their assets
would be declared publicly.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,
made the clarification in a statement made available to journalists.

Shehu had penultimate Saturday issued a statement indicating that Buhari and
Osinbajo had declared their assets before CCB without giving details of the assets declared.

The development attracted criticism from individuals and groups who recalled that Buhari, during electioneering, promised to declare his assets publicly and
encourage those who will work with him to do the same.

But Shehu in the latest statement said the President and Vice President had said
that in fulfillment of one of their campaign promises, their declared assets would
be released to the public upon the completion of their verification by the CCB.

He said the statement was warranted by the need to clarify some suggestions
that the President and the Vice President may not, after all, declare their assets
publicly.

He however described the concern raised by members of the public as “a little
precipitate.”

The presidential spokesman said the President and Vice President remained
committed to their electoral promise of declaring their assets publicly within the
first 100 days of their administration.