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Monday, 2 November 2015

Buhari’s Ministers May No Longer be Required To Publicly Declare Assets

The new ministers to be inaugurated soon may not be compelled to publicly declare their assets as President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo did, presidency sources have disclosed.
Though the President had allegedly asserted that his ministers will declare their assets during his campaigns in order to continue the transparency and corruption free agenda of the government, according to reports from the presidency they Ministers may not be required to do so anymore.
A high ranking presidency official, asked yesterday if the presidency would require the ministers-designate to make public their assets,said the ministers to-be would not be subjected above constitutional requirements. His words
“What does the law require? Whatever the law requires is what we expect them to be doing? Does the law require it?” 
However, it is believed that many of the ministers-designate will willingly declare their assets without being told in order to support the present administration and its cardinal objective of zero tolerance for corruption.
Many say, if President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo could declare their assets, nothing should stop the ministers from following suit.

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