The Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, has noted that it was yet to commence the verification of the assets declared by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, ahead of making them public because it was waiting for a convenient time for the two leaders to carry out the exercise.
Chairman of the Code of Conduct office, Mr. Sam Saba, told Punch on Sunday that none of two steps used for verifying assets has been implemented in the case of Buhari and Osinbajo nearly three months since they took office.
Stressing that, “both the conference and the field verification exercises are pending,” he explained that conference verification involves the examination of the particulars of an asset, while field verification requires physical validation of the listed property.
“For instance, if you say you have three vehicles, let us see the registration numbers. We don’t have to see all the details. Once we are able to see the receipt of the purchase of the vehicle or the registration documents, we are satisfied.
“But we still have to see it physically and that is the second stage which we call field verification,” he stated.
Though the Nigerian Constitution does not compel office holders to declare their assets publicly, Buhari and Osinbajo’s election campaign centered on rooting out corruption, and the two leaders pledged to voluntarily declare their assets on assumption of office.
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