Assets Declaration: I Know Corrupt Nigerians Will Come After Me In 2023 – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday charged the Code of Conduct
Bureau (CCB) to keep filled assets declaration forms safe as those
facing corruption charges now will come after him in 2023.

He made the remark when he and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were
receiving fresh assets declaration forms at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.

CCB Chairman, Prof Mohammed Isa, led the team including Barr.
Murtala Kankia, and Dr. Emmanuel Attah.

Buhari said: “I am very pleased that you are here, I assure you
I will quickly fill this form and dispatched it back to you so that
at the end of 2023, I believe there are a lot of people that will
like to take it back on me.

“So please, make sure you keep it safely because there are
people who believed they shouldn’t be questioned which they are
being questioned and some of them are already in trouble.

“I expect them to fight back and this is one of the instruments.
So I hope you will keep it.”

The President also disclosed he was meeting the group for the
first time since their appointment.

He said: “I have never met you before. I thank you for accepting
to be in this very important institution and I thank you very much
for serving me my forms which I must fill constitutionally before
my second term of office.

“I think we cannot over emphasise the importance of your office
because Nigerians are notorious for cutting shortcuts in serving
and account public responsibilities and we are trying to impress
our nation and the world that this administration is based on
accountability.

“It is only institutions like you that will bail us out from the
efforts that we have been making to make sure that people in public
office do not abuse that public office and that those who come in
and those that are leaving certain positions make sure that they
hold the integrity of the office and of the country generally,” he
stated

The CCB Chairman said: “Mr. President we are very much grateful
for this honour done to us and we want to assure you that we will
do our work with every sense of honesty.

“Secondly, we want to congratulate you for winning the 2019
general elections and for the inauguration that is forthcoming on
29, May.

“Mr President, as part of the constitutional requirements, there
is need for every public officer – President, Vice, Minister,
members of the National Assembly to swear in his assets declaration
and liabilities in compliance with paragraph 11 sub 1 of the part 1
of fifth schedule to the constitution.”

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