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Olugbemi. Adeyinka Ogunleye
1 month ago
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SERAP urges Tinubu to publish assets
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to instruct the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to publicly disclose his declared assets. In a statement released on Sunday and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP also urged Tinubu to encourage Vice President Kashim Shettima, ministers, governors, and National Assembly leaders to do the same.
According to SERAP, Tinubu’s immediate action to ask the CCB to release his assets, along with urging other government officials to follow suit, would promote transparency, public trust, and accountability.
The organization praised the president for mentioning in his first Presidential Media Chat that he might request the CCB to release his asset declaration. However, SERAP emphasized that the president should take swift action. They pointed out that if Tinubu follows through quickly on his intentions, it would carry greater weight and show a serious commitment to transparency.
The organization also stressed the damaging effects of secrecy around the asset declarations of public officials. SERAP argued that this secrecy has contributed significantly to corruption within the government at all levels.
More: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/12/30/serap-wants-tinubu-shettima-governors-to-disclose-declared-assets/#google_vignette
