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Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Nobody: 3:01pm On May 31, 2015

U235weapongrade:
Barcanista

I hope he has explanation for this

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by slimysam: 3:04pm On May 31, 2015

let there be change!

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by tiwasiaife(m): 3:05pm On May 31, 2015

I can swear with life of all Nairalanders that even if buhari lied on his asset declaration,he can never I REPEAT HE CAN NEVER GO TO 2 DAYS IN PRISON LET ALONE 21 YEARS. spare me that nonses declaration. I hate it when politicians make mockery of us by declaring their assets. Let me ask Who get the Conduct Bereau if not buhari.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Nobody: 3:10pm On May 31, 2015

Let's see they release the info to the public.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by ogunsbanjul(m): 3:34pm On May 31, 2015

Mr. Onyema thanks for explaining to those who lack knowledge. The best is to pray for the success of the present government as we did to the last govt when he was denied of taking over as acting and as substantive president rather than criticism. Whether we like it or not we have a new govt on board. Thanks

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Forwetinnah: 3:35pm On May 31, 2015

I have never heard where assets are *DECLARED SECRETLY* cheesy

... strangely true oxymoron from the APC.
APC...changing meanings since the inception of their sham of a political party

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by rhymz(m): 3:35pm On May 31, 2015

lalasticlala:
I saw this here...

https://mobile.twitter.com/DOlusegun/status/604917605405736960

This is sophistry aimed at confusing and misrepresenting the facts, the CCB does not have any specified number of days or time to verify declared assets submitted in its forms, what the law States is that it must be submitted within 30 days of issuance to the public servant. It is crappy effort and intellectual dishonesty to say Mr President is waiting for some fictitious 30-day verification process before declaring his asset to the Nigerian public.

Nigerians refused to be hoodwinked with legal mumbo-jumbo, we understand very well what declaring one's asset to the public means, that was exactly what Yaradua and his then VP Jonathan did.... Nobody is going to use sophistry to change that... We are not stupid.

As far as the Constitution goes, there is no law forbidding Mr President from declaring his asset now to the Nigerian public, this is not a constitutional argument but one based on moral rectitude, one based on a personal promise Mr President made with the Nigerian people.

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Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by claycares: 3:39pm On May 31, 2015

M4gunners:
Why didn't them make the Law that before inauguration, the access has to be declared first? I'm still in the opinion that one who want to steal can still do that before that 30 days.

True. Politicians don't loot with their names these days, they have trustees who hold the looted funds and properties in the person's name in such a way that it will be difficult to link the politicians to the assets. So, of what use is this asset declaration ish?

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by olaideeeedris(m): 3:42pm On May 31, 2015

lalasticlala:
I saw this here...

https://mobile.twitter.com/DOlusegun/status/604917605405736960

Thanks for the education...

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by M4gunners: 3:44pm On May 31, 2015

claycares:
True. Politicians don't loot with their names these days, they have trustees who hold the looted funds and properties in the person's name in such a way that it will be difficult to link the politicians to the assets. So, of what use is this asset declaration ish?

Very important it will alert the others like ministers and Governors.At all at all na winch.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by claycares: 3:48pm On May 31, 2015

M4gunners:
Very important it will alert the others like ministers and Governors.At all at all na winch.

Agreed, but it's not a check at all on the present crop of politicians we have in Nigeria.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by M4gunners: 3:54pm On May 31, 2015

claycares:
Agreed, but it's not a check at all on the present crop of politicians we have in Nigeria.

Sure you are right.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Oduduwaboy(m): 4:04pm On May 31, 2015

dubylhover:
ehen all this anti buhari fanatics shud calm down,after 30 days,it wud b known..allow d man to work abeg

in other news,una c messi goal ysterday? ,that guy is divine
pls messi cum to manu

Messi come to ManU ? so you can wreck him like Falcao ?

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by dubylhover(m): 4:06pm On May 31, 2015

Oduduwaboy:

Messi come to ManU ? so you can wreck him like Falcao ?

woo..messi neva gt cruciate ligament like falcao...abeg oo,make messi cum manu

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Oduduwaboy(m): 4:09pm On May 31, 2015

rhymz:
This is sophistry aimed at confusing and misrepresenting the facts, the CCB does not have any specified number of days or time to verify declared assets submitted in its forms, what the law States is that it must be submitted within 30 days of issuance to the public servant. It is crappy effort and intellectual dishonesty to say Mr President is waiting for some fictitious 30-day verification process before declaring his asset to the Nigerian public.

Nigerians refused to be hoodwinked with legal mumbo-jumbo, we understand very well what declaring one's asset to the public means, that was exactly what Yaradua and his then VP Jonathan did.... Nobody is going to use sophistry to change that... We are not stupid.

As far as the Constitution goes, there is no law forbidding Mr President from declaring his asset now to the Nigerian public, this is not a constitutional argument but one based on moral rectitude, one based on a personal promise Mr President made with the Nigerian people.

Relax joor !
Everything will be made public very soon ...Did Buhari promise you he will declare his assets within 48hours ? Abeg free Baba .

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Nobody: 4:10pm On May 31, 2015

rhymz:
This is sophistry aimed at confusing and misrepresenting the facts, the CCB does not have any specified number of days or time to verify declared assets submitted in its forms, what the law States is that it must be submitted within 30 days of issuance to the public servant. It is crappy effort and intellectual dishonesty to say Mr President is waiting for some fictitious 30-day verification process before declaring his asset to the Nigerian public.

Nigerians refused to be hoodwinked with legal mumbo-jumbo, we understand very well what declaring one's asset to the public means, that was exactly what Yaradua and his then VP Jonathan did.... Nobody is going to use sophistry to change that... We are not stupid.

As far as the Constitution goes, there is no law forbidding Mr President from declaring his asset now to the Nigerian public, this is not a constitutional argument but one based on moral rectitude, one based on a personal promise Mr President made with the Nigerian people.

Sadly it is now clear that the so-called educated youths are blinded by party affiliation, ethnicity and hate. What the law requires CCB to do is simply examine if the forms are correctly filled... where and how they get the 30 days verification window is beyond me!!

As if CCB will start telephoning the banks and asking to make sure the right amount is stated or do a valuation of properties declared.

Moreover, if Buhari is waiting for the phantom 30 days, he should have said so in his press release.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Nobody: 4:30pm On May 31, 2015

captainBIAFRA:
The Daura Dunce must come on NTA and reel out his:
Asset of N1m and 150 sickly cows(few calves added if any) or nothing.
Liability of N28m(being money borrowed from bank for election rigging)

Dear Captainbiafra,

Stop all these hate messages about the President.

Letz all pray for him that God will use him to make Nigeria a better place. Itz not about him, itz about our dear country. We are all hoping to see a better Nigeria, irrespective of the leader.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Caseless: 4:42pm On May 31, 2015

dubylhover:
ehen all this anti buhari fanatics shud calm down,after 30 days,it wud b known..allow d man to work abeg

in other news,una c messi goal ysterday? ,that guy is divine
pls messi cum to manu

messi can't do all he's doing in england; he's a one-league player.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by dubylhover(m): 4:52pm On May 31, 2015

Caseless:
messi can't do all he's doing in england; he's a one-league player.

shitty talk..im an epl fan but thats fallacy,you for kukuma say messi cant do it in naija premier league also..y shud he cum to epl?did ronaldo delima play dr?dinho?zidane?figo?
stop d hate abeg nd enjoy messi grin

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by LordSebastian: 4:56pm On May 31, 2015

What is this one saying? undecided

Caseless:
messi can't do all he's doing in england; he's a one-league player.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Cool83(m): 4:58pm On May 31, 2015

captainBIAFRA:
The Daura Dunce must come on NTA and reel out his:
Asset of N1m and 150 sickly cows(few calves added if any) or nothing.
Liability of N28m(being money borrowed from bank for election rigging)

lol, some people just cnt stop making me laugh, u better adapt to his victory nd stop all these baseles alegation

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by rhymz(m): 5:00pm On May 31, 2015

Mykevp2p:

Sadly it is now clear that the so-called educated youths are blinded by party affiliation, ethnicity and hate. What the law requires CCB to do is simply examine if the forms are correctly filled... where and how they get the 30 days verification window is beyond me!!

As if CCB will start telephoning the banks and asking to make sure the right amount is stated or do a valuation of properties declared.

Moreover, if Buhari is waiting for the phantom 30 days, he should have said so in his press release.

we dey watch them as them dey try twist the facts:

"1) A person elected to
the office of President
shall not begin to perform
the functions of that
office until he has
declared his assets and
liabilities as prescribed in
this Constitution and he
has taken and subscribed
the Oath of Allegiance
and the oath of office
prescribed in the Seventh
Schedule to this
Constitution."

Note where its said you can't perform your functions without declaring your assets. It means that since buhari has started to perform his functions as president,he has declared his assets. And he didn't do it publicly as promised. There is nothing like 30 days verification before its made public.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by porka: 5:24pm On May 31, 2015

I will declare my assets publicly –Buhari

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), said he would publicly declare his assets and liabilities, if voted into power.

Buhari stated this in a document obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday. The document highlights what Buhari will do in his first 100 days if he assumes power on May 29.

He said he would encourage political appointees in his administration to also declare their assets publicly.

If the APC candidate keeps to his promise, he will be the second Nigeria’s President to publicly declare his assets.

The late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua, also from Katsina State as Buhari, was the first and the only Nigeria’s President to have publicly declared his assets when he assumed office.

This action forced his then deputy, who is now the President Goodluck Jonathan, to also make his assets declaration forms available to the public.

However, since he assumed office as the substantive President, Jonathan has refused to make the forms available to the public, saying that he did that when he was serving as deputy to Yar’Adua.

Asked during a media chat whether he would consider declaring his assets publicity, the President refused, saying he did not give a damn.

But Buhari, in the document titled, “I pledge to Nigeria” also said that all his political appointees would only earn salaries and allowances as prescribed by the Revenue and Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission.

He said, “I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liabilities, encourage all my appointees to publicity declare their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment.

“All political appointees will only earn the salaries and allowances determined by the RMFAC.”

While pledging to personally lead the war against corruption in the country, Buhari also said that he would inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as stipulated in the Procurement Act.

He added that the Federal Executive Council, which he said had been turned to a weekly session of contract bazaar, would be made to concentrate on its principal function of policy making.

He said that he would also work with the National Assembly towards the immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act.

On the other ways to strengthen the anti-graft war, he said, “We will work with the National Assembly to strengthen the Independent Corruption Practices and other related Offences Commission and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by guaranteeing institutional autonomy, including financial and prosecutorial independence and security of tenure of officials.

“We will also make the Financial Intelligence Unit of the EFCC autonomous and operational; encourage proactive disclosure of information by government institutions in the spirit of the Freedom of Information Act.”

He also promised that his government would work with the leadership of the National Assembly and the judiciary to cut down the cost of governance.

On insurgency and insecurity in the country, the former head of state said that he had had the rare privilege of serving the country in the military in various capacities and rose to the rank of a major general and Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces, he would defend the integrity of the nation.

“I pledge, as Commander-in-Chief, to lead from the front and not behind in the comfort and security of Aso Rock, to boost the morale of fighting forces and the generality of all Nigerians,” he said.

On the fate of the kidnapped Chibok girls, Buhari said that as a father, he had been feeling the pain of the victims of insurgency, kidnapping and violence whether “they are widows and orphans of the military, paramilitary, civilians and parents or the Chibok girls.

“My government shall act decisively on any actionable intelligence to #BringBack Our Girls.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/i-will-declare-my-assets-publicly-buhari/

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Olaone1: 5:39pm On May 31, 2015

ProfCorruption:

Don't mind people peddling sophistry. Buhari should make his assets public, anything else is story.

Yar'Adua published his assets and liability.
Fayemi published his assets and liability.

Buhari won't be the first, so we know what's meant by public declaration of assets.

What is this obfuscation that people don't understand what is meant by public declaration assets?

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by deolumike(m): 6:17pm On May 31, 2015

atlwireles:
Did Jonathan/Sambo do any different, before some people never stopped crying about publicly declaring assets.

you heard it on national TV when he said he didn't give a damnn.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Nobody: 6:18pm On May 31, 2015

captainBIAFRA:
The Daura Dunce must come on NTA and reel out his:
Asset of N1m and 150 sickly cows(few calves added if any) or nothing.
Liability of N28m(being money borrowed from bank for election rigging)

illiteracy is a big disease...

Cc barcanista.

Hope you've heard that? Everything has due process,we are not all illiterate. If you want to play opposition, do that with brain not with sentiments

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by Nobody: 6:25pm On May 31, 2015

daniel56:
He did not publish is asset in publi, is nigeria a fool or what did he take us for, publish it let seen and stop tell us story. Play d games with d naija,

play the games with the naija? Na by force to type or comment? Mtcheew for all these ASARI DOKUBO UNIVERSITY GRADUATES!

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by NgwaManNaija4LF(m): 6:29pm On May 31, 2015

So do you mean that our general will be going to 30 years in prison when his declaration is found to be false?

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by porka: 6:30pm On May 31, 2015

rhymz:
This is sophistry aimed at confusing and misrepresenting the facts, the CCB does not have any specified number of days or time to verify declared assets submitted in its forms, what the law States is that it must be submitted within 30 days of issuance to the public servant. It is crappy effort and intellectual dishonesty to say Mr President is waiting for some fictitious 30-day verification process before declaring his asset to the Nigerian public.

Nigerians refused to be hoodwinked with legal mumbo-jumbo, we understand very well what declaring one's asset to the public means, that was exactly what Yaradua and his then VP Jonathan did.... Nobody is going to use sophistry to change that... We are not stupid.

As far as the Constitution goes, there is no law forbidding Mr President from declaring his asset now to the Nigerian public, this is not a constitutional argument but one based on moral rectitude, one based on a personal promise Mr President made with the Nigerian people.

My brother you are just elevating their sick minds by referring to this wishy-washy defense as sophistry.

It is nothing more than lies from the pit of hell.

These people are like their Boko Haram counterpart in their support for their god.

There's nothing they won't do to support their creator.

If his vice president, a Pastor in RCCG, could lie openly to make him look good among his Christian people, what do you expect from people who have been promised 25,000 monthly by Buhari?

Did people not see Buhari on NTA when he said he was broke and had to raise a loan through his bank to purchase his party's nomination form?

Was it not discussed on Facebook and other media then?

Did radio and television not report it?

Did Buhari not know about the process of asset declaration when he made the promise to make his own public even though he is not legally required to so do?

They are trying to be clever but they have not even started the process.

They are only making a fool of themselves.

After using the same Facebook to spread all their lies about 150 cows, N1m cash balance, they are now blaming "Facebook" for requiring Imam to fullfil his promise of public asset declaration.

Can you imagine the low the country is going with Buhari's worshipers.

No shame, not an iota sense of guilt.

Can you even imagine that an organization called a Code of Conduct Bureau will be gazetting information in its custody and make it public in 30 days?

Will the bureau also gazette the assets of all the civil and public servants in Nigeria?

Do they not know that it's not only the president's and the vice president's record that are handled by the bureau?

Buhari's presidency is built of bloodshed, propaganda and LIES...

To sustain it is what they will soon find out is practically impossible in Nigeria of 2015.

Re: Onyema Responds To Buhari's Critics Over Assets Declaration Not Made Public by porka: 6:39pm On May 31, 2015

SERAP urges Buhari, Osinbajo to make assets public

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to promptly make public the details of their declared assets.

The group made the request in a statement issued by its Executive Director, Adetokunbo Mumuni, on Sunday in Lagos.

The rights advocacy group said the public declaration of their assets would be consistent with Buhari and Osinbajo’s anti-corruption credentials and their promises to the electorate.

It said the request followed the declaration of assets last week by the president and his vice to the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution.

The group said: “we welcome the official declaration of assets by the president and the vice-president. This clearly complies with the requirements of the Nigerian Constitution as contained in Chapter 6 Section 140.

“However, the declaration before the Code of Conduct alone falls far short of the commitment to publicly declare their assets.

“SERAP recalls that the president said before the election that he would publicly declare his assets and liabilities, and encourage all his appointees to publicly declare their assets and liabilities as a pre-condition for appointment.

“We now expect the president to fulfil this promise to the Nigerian people.

“We trust that the president and vice-president will move swiftly to publicly declare their assets and to publish widely the information on a dedicated website.’’

According to SERAP, public disclosure of assets will give the general public a true picture of Buhari and Osinbajo’s assets and will send a powerful message that it is not going to be business as usual with this government.

It said the move would follow the best practices as laid down by late President Umaru Yar’Adua and boost government’s fight against corruption and impunity of the perpetrators.

“We believe that public disclosure of assets is crucial in ensuring that public officials’ personal interests including those of the president and vice-president, as the leaders of the nation, do not conflict with their duties and responsibilities.

“Public disclosure also helps to provide a baseline and means for comparison to identify assets that may have been corruptly acquired, so that a public official may legitimately be asked to account for,” SERAP added.

The group then called for amendments in the laws relating to declaration of asset to include the requirement of public disclosure to ensure it was in line with international standards such as the UN Convention against Corruption.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/184102-serap-urges-buhari-osinbajo-to-make-assets-public.html

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