Buhari is not obligated to publicly declare his assets to Nigerians - Presidency

The special adviser to President Muhamadu Buhari on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, has said that there is no law in Nigeria that compels his principal to publicly declare his assets.

Adesina said that if at all the president chooses to declare his assets to Nigerians since the beginning of his second administration, it will be on voluntary basis, Channels TV reports.

However, the presidential aide confirmed that President Buhari has already declared his asssets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

He said: “I can say for a fact that he has done because I am privy to it, and SERAP asking the president to declare publicly, on the basis of what law? "The president will do what the law requires of him and what the law requires is that he should declare his asset which he has done. Declaring publicly is not in our laws; it can only be a voluntary thing.” 

Adesina added that the Freedom Of Information (FOI) requests made by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) are left for the CCB to respond to, not the president. He insisted that if the FOI act is invoked, it is the position of the CCB to respond to Nigerians publicy with the president's assets.

Adesina stated: “If the FoI act is invoked, it will be left with the Code of Conduct Bureau to release because the FoI act will not be for the president, the president has declared and it’s already deposited with the code of conduct." 

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