Governors our problem – CCB

The Chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Mr. Sam Saba, has revealed that most governors are yet to declare their assets, more than one month after assuming office.

Saba, who disclosed this in an interview with journalists said the governors are not even supposed to start work as political office holders until they declare their assets as provided in Section 185 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The section states that “A person elected to the office of a governor of a state shall not begin to perform the function of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities.”

Saba said that in spite of the fact that the section made assets declaration prelude to taking oath of office, some governors took over office without declaring their assets because of ignorance.

This, he said may have been arrived at because of the erroneous impression that they have up to three months within which to declare their assets and liabilities.

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