The Code of Conduct Bureau will not make public the details of assets declared by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo due to limitations in federal laws covering such release, the office has said.
There has been controversy over the release of the details of the president and vice president’s assets since their inauguration May 29.
Mr. Buhari pledged to publicly declare his assets despite the lack of a law requiring him to do so. The Nigerian Constitution stipulates that senior office holders declare their assets, without requiring them to do so publicly.
Despite his promise, the president has yet to publicly declare his assets three weeks after taking office. His office said those details will be made available after the Code of Conduct Bureau authenticates claims in the declaration forms.
A civil society group, Stop Impunity Nigeria, an affiliate of the Centre for Social Justice, had on June 1, 2015 applied to the CCB to request copies of the completed assets declaration forms by the President and his deputy.
The application, signed by the Lead Director of the Centre, Eze Onyekpere, was pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2011.
But, in its response CCB/HQ/670/G/1/104 dated June 10, 2015 and signed by Ijeanuli Ofor on behalf of the Chairman, the CCB declined the request, citing the absence of prescribed law by the National Assembly authorizing the release of such information to the public.
The Bureau, in its response, made available to PREMIUM TIMES, conceded the right by Nigerians under section 1(1) 3 and 4 of the FOIA 2011, to “access or request information, whether written or not in written form, in the custody of any public agency”.
Regardless, the Bureau said sections 12(1) (a) (v), 14(1) (b) and 15(1)9a) of the same Act empowered it to decline any request, which it considered an “invasion of personal privacy”.
“Assets declarations by public officers contain such personal information, which falls within the exemptions to the disclosure of information in the FOIA,” the Bureau said.
The office explained that paragraph 3(c of the Third Schedule, Part 1 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) empowered it to “make assets declarations of public officers available for inspection by any citizen of Nigeria only on terms and conditions prescribed by the National Assembly”.
“However, the terms and conditions under which that can be done have not yet been prescribed by the National Assembly,” the Bureau said, adding that the group’s request was rejected in view of the absence of the prescribed “terms and conditions”.


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But the president wants it to be public. What is wrong with you guys.

Waiting for saTANists' reactions . Oya...

Buhari, I give it to you, for been able to pull off this scam. The Dullard fooled his almajiri army.

We have been vindicated. We kept shouting that CCB has no business with public asset declaration of Buhari but the "sai Buhari" crew wouldn't want to embrace sanity. Buhari can't escape this. He must declare his asset publicly

PUSH1:
But the president wants it to be public. What is wrong with you guys.

Buhari and Osinbajo don't need the CCB to do public Asset declaration. They should go ahead and publish the same details they gave to CCB

Scam! Scam!

How a 72 years old man fulled his followers, is still a mystery to me

barcanista:
We have been vindicated. We kept shouting that CCB has no business with public asset declaration of Buhari but the "sai Buhari" crew wouldn't want to embrace sanity. Buhari can't escape this. He must declare his asset publicly

it nt like he dn"t want it public.

dearpreye:
Scam! Scam!

are u sure u are ok?

Jollyjoy:
it nt like he dn"t want it public.

So what is stopping him?

So the Daura President is a natural thief. Waao i didnt knw. No way to declare publicly his asset?

after giving us excuses on this,continue from the the office of the first lady cause it is not constitutional too

cc lalasticlala carry this one go front page make reason am

Jollyjoy:
are u sure u are ok?

Why?

when d president said he ll make it public wen CCB is done with its job, why dier blood deh hot? PMB wld v declared it publicly even on d inauguration day but due process must be followed.. Ya rdua declared his asset publicly a month after inauguration.. June 28th..You don't put d horse before d cart!!!

pls hw much is #soya in ur area

Hehehehehehe. We knew before hand it won't be totally revealed. We were only whining you. bunch of annoying souls...

Just to declare assets?

And some people will beat their chest and claim they can never fall victim of 419ners, hahahahahaha

If you voted APC in the last election, YOU'VE BEEN SCAMMED