Federal legislators yesterday declined to follow the example set by President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo by making public disclosure of their assets.

Buhari and Osinbajo last week made their assets public in line with their electioneering campaign promises. While Buhari had less than N30m in his account, Osinbajo had N94m and 900,000 Dollars in his bank accounts.

However, Senators and members of the House of Representatives who spoke to Daily Trust yesterday said it was not mandatory to go public after declaring their assets with the Code of Conduct Bureau.

Our correspondents report that there is a growing demand by the public for the legislators and even state governors to follow the example of the president and his deputy.

Meanwhile, only one senator out of 469 federal legislators has gone public with his asset declaration.

Senator Shehu Sani(Kaduna central, APC) on Friday declared as his asset four residential houses in Kaduna, two uncompleted office complexes, two inherited family house in kurfi, katsina state and Minna Niger state and one residential house in Abuja. He also declared that he has N22 million in his Bank account. Listed on his form were two wives and six children. Sani, an activist turned politician, is now having problems with many of his colleagues for putting them on the spotlight.

In an interview, Sani said: “Some of my colleagues are not happy over it but I don’t care because I did it as President Buhari has set a moral standard for all elected office holders and secondly, there is need for every one of us to come clean as regard to the suspicion and distrust between the government and the governed.

“The constitution makes it optional for elected office holders. If you so wish you can make it public or you do it secretly but the secret declaration has been abused over the years.

“Public declaration does not make one saint but it affords the public to know the worth of their leaders. I urge all lawmakers in Nigeria to toe this line of honour. “It’s better to be pelted for disclosing than to be cursed for not disclosing,” he said in a phone interview.

When contacted on phone, the spokesperson of the Senate, Dino Melaye said Senators cannot be compelled to make their asset public.

“Making asset declaration public is personal and Senators can only make their public individually. I can speak for Senators on this. I cannot compel any Senator to declare his or asset but it is a great thing that people are making their asset public and I support it. Watch out for my own too because there is nothing to hide,” he said.

Similarly, the spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Sani Zorro said that the public declaration of assets by individual lawmaker is optional.

He said individual members had even before their swearing in on June 9 disclosed their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau in line with constitutional requirement.

Asked if the lawmakers would follow the example of President Buhari and Osinbajo by, Zorro said it is purely an individual choice to do that.

“We have done that to the Code of Conduct Bureau. In fact, it was mandatory for every member to do that before inauguration. All those that were sworn in on June 9 filled a form in which they disclosed their assets to the bureau as required by the constitution.

“But making it public is an optional thing. However, we’ll welcome any member that comes out publicly to declare their assets. It will be in line with transparency and accountability in governance. It will deepen our democracy,” Zorro said. Also speaking, Rep Aminu Saleh Jaji, of Kauran Namoda/Birnin Magaji federal constituency of Zamfara state said: “It’s not
the mere declaration that is the issue here, but this public declaration is more for the executive, president and his deputy, governor and his deputy.

“But as lawmakers, you won’t be sworn-in unless you declare your assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau and a certificate in that regard is issued to you. And all the members did that,” he said.

For his part, Rep Abdulrazak Saad Namdas said: “We have fulfilled our constitutional requirement. People who want to make it public can do that ... It’s an optional thing to tell the world.”
Some lawmakers contacted on the issue
declined comment.

Among the lawmakers are 14 former governors namely; Senate President Bukola Saraki, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Godswill Akpabio, Jonah Jang, Abdullahi Adamu, Theodore Orji, Aliyu Wamakko, Sam Egwu, Danjuma Goje, Adamu Aliero, George Akume, Joshua Dariye, Bukar Abba Ibrahim and Ahmed Sani Yarima.

Source: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/news/senators-reps-shy-away-from-asset-disclosure/109924.html

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Why won't they shy away?!
You want them to wash their dirty linen in public?!

Why won't they since their hand are not clean

Why won't they since their hands are not clean

Some of them money can complete the second Niger bridge!

omowolewa:
Why won't they shy away?! You want them to wash their dirty linen in public?!

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No comment.

APC sentarors, re u guyz afraid of following d step of ur master..

Just as expected

They ain't shying away, they're just not interested in assets declaration scam put up by Buhari.
Explain to us how your wife got a 10 million Naira wrist watch, then we might start to believe you.

As expected

Why dem go declare ..you wan put sansan for their garri


Bunch of dishonourable

They must declare their assets. They should follow the footsteps of our president and his vice. After all, Buhari is leading by example.

The senators will be the last public servant to declare their assets. If they do, we will know how much their salary..

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U wan open d yansh of our bodyguard legislator(Dino Melaye) b dat

legislaTHIEVES

they can all run buh never hide, i wish an active committee would be set up to monitor and make sure there ain't no defaulters...

Legislootors, please declare your asset oooo. I mean publicly, not just to the Bureau of Condom

Vampire senators

Why won't they? So many aftermaths

I still see no changes, all i see is corrupt faces

MAKAVELI OFFSPRING IN THIS MOTHERF*CKER

Because they're all thieves!!!

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