President Muhammadu Buhari has ignored the recommendation of his transition committee to publicly declare his assets immediately after assuming office, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report today.

As part of quick wins for the administration, the Ahmed Joda-led committee recommended that the President should immediately after assumption of office declare his assets publicly.

It also recommended prompt prosecution of pending cases and the publication of the audited financial statements of the Federal Government.

Other recommendations include the recovery of stolen funds, review and reforms in government waivers and tax exemptions as well as non-conviction based forfeiture by legislations.

But more than a month after he was sworn in, Mr. Buhari has not made his assets and so is his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo.

The President’s refusal to disclose the report of his asset declaration is a clear negation of the promise of his party, the All Progressives Congress, that unlike former President Goodluck Jonathan, their presidential candidate, Mr. Buhari would publish his assets if elected into office.

While campaigning across the country, the APC had assured Nigerians that Mr. Buhari would publicly declare his assets and liabilities immediately after assumption of office.

“General Muhammadu Buhari believes sincerely that no matter how vast our resources, if they are not efficiently utilized, they will only benefit a privileged few, leaving the majority in abject poverty. This he wants to avoid by all lawful means,” a member of the party’s presidential campaign council, Osita Okechukwu, had said during a pro-Buhari road show in Enugu.

“To achieve this he publicly will declare his assets and liabilities and encourage his political appointees to follow suit immediately he is sworn-in.”
Two days after he was sworn in as president and Commander in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, urged him and Mr. Osinbajo to promptly make public the details of their declared assets.
The group said the public declaration of their assets would be consistent with Messrs Buhari and Osinbajo’s anti-corruption credentials and their promises to the electorate.

The request was made immediately after the two leaders declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution.

“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,” the group stated.
“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 fulfill 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.’’

Reacting to the request and others made by Nigerians from all walks of life, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Garba Shehu, on June 6, assured that Mr. Buhari would make the report of his asset declaration public.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has said that in fulfillment of one of their campaign promises, his declared assets and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will be released to the public upon the completion of their verification by the Code of Conduct Bureau,” Mr. Shehu said.

“It is hoped that this process will be completed before the expiry of the 100-day deadline within which they said they would do this.”

He noted that the duly completed forms by both the President and the Vice President were submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau on March 28th, a day before their inauguration.

Mr. Shehu said his press statement on the matter became necessary to clarify some insinuations that the President and the Vice-President may not, after all, declare their assets publicly.

“While such public display of concern is appreciated and valued, it must be said that it is a little precipitate.

“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.

“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.

“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.”

But Mr. Buhari’s transition committee believed it was more ideal for the president to publicly declare his asset immediately he assumed office, an advice Mr. Buhari spurned.

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But Mr. Buhari’s transition committee believed it was more ideal for the president to publicly declare his asset immediately he assumed office, an advice Mr. Buhari spurned.

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While we await Buhari's public declaration of assets, the dullard is busy amassing wealth.
Don't be surprised if Buhari declares #10b assets in future, he has ample time to loot us dry.

How Buhari do this how buhari does that... Concentrate on better 9ja

Too long

Hasn't the president promised to declare his assets publicly immediately after Code of Conduct Bureau has verified same?

Are we not still "within the 100 days" he promised during his campaign?

Too many jobless journalists!

Why do you guys always like revisiting closed books?
President and Vice declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau immediately after swearing-in as it is the body constitutionally entitled to receive assets declaration.
Are you expecting him to come to Eagle Square to announce it?
However, the Bureau will have to verify everything specified in their completed forms as there is a process to follow.
The Committee has not been flouted in any way.

If TANoids cannot wait for the first 100 days promised to elapse, they can all go to hell!

PassingShot:
Too many false news nowadays!

Premiumtimes is an APC supporting news outlet.

obailala:
If TANoids cannot wait for the first 100 days promised to elapse, they can all go to hell!

Premiumtimes is not a news outlet that supports PDP, why blame PDP for Buhari's ineptness?

obailala:
If TANoids cannot wait for the first 100 days promised to elapse, they can all go to hell!

Even APC supporters are getting irritated, be honest.

I don't give a damn - GEJ

“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 fulfill this promise to the Nigerian people.

Buhari's integrity is on the line.

If people could start the month of July with a complain about unpaid June salary, (I mean as at 8am on July 1st, 2015 people were already complaining that June salary has not been paid ) then I am not surprise that people cannot wait for the first 100 days to start making all sort of complaints about the President

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Mogidi:


Premiumtimes is not a news outlet that supports PDP, why blame PDP for Buhari's ineptness?

What ineptness?.. The man promised to declare his asset publicly within 100 days, we are barely in day 30 and you are crying?... and you tell me it's not a PDP thing?

ChaleeBendel:


Even APC supporters are getting irritated, be honest.

Irritated at what?... Buhari not declaring his assets?... Just like I said, we are barely in day 31 out of 100. Anybody who is irritated should go and swallow piriton allergy tablets and stop distracting serious minded people.

Abugab:
Why do you guys always like revisiting closed books?
President and Vice declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau immediately after swearing-in as it is the body constitutionally entitled to receive assets declaration.
Are you expecting him to come to Eagle Square to announce it?
However, the Bureau will have to verify everything specified in their completed forms as there is a process to follow.
The Committee has not been flouted in any way.

I do not want to say you are silly cos you may take it I'm insulting you but I think you need to be more intelligent than your comment presents.
The 1999 Constitution of the FRN only stipulates that a declaration of assets be made to the CCB but your Daura President seeking to impress the gullible like you and present himself as a better and more honest person than Jonathan promised to publicly declare his assets once elected. Now election is over and the tune has changed. Didn't Buhari know that the bureau would have to make verifications that will. Of course take time before making the promise?
Yes nobody is expecting him to come to Eagles Square or International Conference Centre (where he chose to deceive his APC senators) to declare his assets as nothing in the constitution demands that but as a supposed man of integrity he is duty bound at least morally to keep his promise. How are we supposed to believe him tomorrow if he fails his first test.

Talking about verification with the CCB I see that as a ploy by Buhari to renege on his promise to Nigerians. Nothing stops him from making the declaration public even while the verification is going on. You guys shouldn't go thinking we are fools cos we aren't.

obailala:
What ineptness?.. The man promised to declare his asset publicly within 100 days, we are barely in day 30 and you are crying?... and you tell me it's not a PDP thing?

Premiumtimes doesn't support PDP, stop blaming apc woes on pdp? Go to their site and check their news stories before the election. Stop twisting facts.

obailala:
Irritated at what?... Buhari not declaring his assets?... Just like I said, we are barely in day 31 out of 100. Anybody who is irritated should go and swallow piriton allergy tablets and stop distracting serious minded people.

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..future female presido coming soon.i.won't declare any fucking shit

Why won't he just declare the damn thing.

BECAUSE HE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE.

I learnt that the assets have to be verified before public declaration.

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pmb is just a fraud & so pathetic, all this his manifesto and electioneering promises are just 4 his wicked vendetta. stiff-neck animal's

Lemme emphatically state this. It might still be too early tho.

However, with all due respect and devoid of sentiments, I would want to remind PMB and his cohorts that they'd better step up their game and let us see the desired change they have to offer or be ready to face the same fate that befell Gej come 2019.

Nigeria may still be the same corrupt country, but democratically we've moved an inch and there's no going back.

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Let's wait and see if it gets to 100%

D³ Thinking He's the most powerful.

First step of becoming a Dictator.

- Valar Morghulis.

OK. na them them

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MKO4ever:
If people could start the month of July with a complain about unpaid June salary, (I mean as at 8am on July 1st, 2015 people were already complaining that June salary has not been paid ) then I am not surprise that people cannot wait for the first 100 days to start making all sort of complaints about the President

Sorry brother you don't get it. I personally have no issue with public declaration of assetsas it's not a constitutional requirement but we were told during the campaign that he will make the assets public immediately after swearing in. The 100 days stuff came after the swearing in abi no be so? People like me wouldn't have bothered if they had told us 100 days after from the onset. I see the 100 days stuff as a ploy to renege on the promise.

APC said immediately after elected Buhari will declare his assets but it seems Buhari now have a change of plan "all na change sha" we are now waiting for the 100 days period and if after 100 days he fail to declare his assets we will not have option to think nothing change and the blasting will be small compare to GEJ. Till then we keep our hands crossed.