The Code of Conduct Bureau, [CCB] which has custody of the assets declared by the newly sworn-in president and his deputy, says it lacks the powers to make them public for now.
CCB’s chairman Mr. Sam Sada told Vanguard through his Special Assistant, Mr. Gwimi Sebastian Peter, that only the National Assembly is vested with the powers to decide the terms and conditions under which such documents could be made public.
Sada was quoted as saying: “While the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act give the bureau powers to receive assets declarations, verify, examine, keep in custody and enforce compliance when there is a breach, the responsibility of determining how and on what terms asset declarations will be made accessible to the public was left to the National Assembly.
“Several National Assemblies have come and gone since the establishment of the CCB without addressing the matter.”.
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