The lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, at the weekend, challenged the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to publish all declaration made by public office holders from 1999 to date.
Sani had followed in the footsteps of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo by publicly declaring his assets.
In a statement posted on his Facebook wall, Sani noted: “The law allows public office holders the privilege to declare their assets in confidence at the CCB but it does not bar the CCB from making public all the declaration made by public office holders.
“The CCB should go ahead and publish all declaration made by public office holders from 1999 to date as empowered by the freedom of information act.
“This will enable the masses to form ‘Transparency vigilante groups’ and move around to verify claims and depositions made, to compliment the manpower deficiency of the CCB.
“The masses deserve to know the material worth of ALL their elected and appointed public office holders. Every public office holder must come to equity with clean or at least not dirty hand. Nigerians must demand full disclosure from the CCB.”
He added that Buhari by his public declaration, had set a high moral standard that must be abided by those who particularly lay claim to the change agenda.
Sani, in his declaration, said he currently has a total of N22 million in three bank accounts.
He owns two residential houses in Kaduna, two houses under lease in Kaduna, two uncompleted office apartments in Kaduna, one residential house in Abuja, one family-inherited house in Kurfi, Katsina State, as well as another in Minna, Niger State.
Sani said he owns several vehicles, adding that he gets royalties from his over 30 books published in Nigeria, United States and United Kingdom, as well as his community journal ‘Peace Magazine’. .
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