Buhari, Osinbajo didn’t declare assets publicly because...— Aide

Firstclass newsline~According to President Buhari, his declared assets
and those of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo will be released to the
public upon the completion of their verification by the bureau. Buhari
hoped that the verification exercise would be completed before the
expiration of the 100-day deadline within which he and Osinbajo said
they would do this.
The President stated that he was under obligation to make his assets
declaration public to fulfill one of his campaign promises.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,
Garba Shehu, who announced this in a statement on behalf of Buhari on
Saturday, said, "The duly completed forms by both the President and
the Vice-President were submitted to the CCB on March 28th, a clear
day ahead of their inauguration."
Shehu said the statement was warranted by the need to clarify some
suggestions that Buhari and Osinbajo might not, after all, declare
their assets publicly.
The statement said, "While such public display of concern is
appreciated and valued, it must be said that it is a little
precipitate. As required by law, the declaration and submission of
documents to the CCB have been made, but there still remains the
aspect of verification which the Bureau will have to conduct to
authenticate the submissions made to it.
"In the circumstances, it is only after this verification exercise,
and not before, that the declaration can be said to have been made and
validated; and only after this, will the details be released to the
public."
According to the statement, the president and the vice-president are
committed to public declaration of their assets within the 100 days
that they pledged during the presidential campaign prior to the March
28 election.
"The President and the Vice President wish to thank Nigerians for
their show of concern, and for the confidence they have shown in their
leaders' integrity, as evidenced by the high pedestal of uprightness
and expectations on which they have placed them," the statement said.
The late President, Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua, also from Katsina State as
Buhari, was the first and the only Nigeria's President to have
publicly declared his assets when he assumed office.
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