Niger Threatens To Sack Officials Refusing To Declare Assets

Following the find that immoderate governmental appointees person refused to state their assets successful Niger State , the authorities authorities is acceptable to unit them to comply with the statutory requirements oregon hazard being sacked.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the authoritative notification from the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Niger State Office, has  alerted the authorities that immoderate governmental appointees, including Directors-General, Managing Directors, and Coordinators, were yet to fulfill their law work connected assets declaration.

It was learnt that Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago who was not blessed with the improvement has instructed the Secretary to the State Government  (SSG) Abubakar Usman  to instantly guarantee that each the officials acrophobic comply.

Consequently  SSG yesterday  directed each governmental appointees to instantly comply with the law request connected Assets Declaration, successful accordance with the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arsenic amended.

Usman,  emphasised that compliance with the assets declaration instrumentality is mandatory and binding connected each nationalist officers.

He warned that nonaccomplishment to state assets arsenic required by instrumentality amounts to a breach of the Constitution and the Oath of Office, stressing that defaulters hazard losing their appointments and facing proceedings earlier the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The SSG reiterated the administration’s committedness to accountability, transparency and bully governance, urging each appointees to sojourn the Code of Conduct Bureau Office, Federal Secretariat, Minna, to regularize their declarations without delay.

He stated that “this Government volition not condone immoderate enactment that undermines the Constitution. All appointees indispensable comply afloat with the directive of the Code of Conduct Bureau,” .

The SSG besides directed each Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Agencies to guarantee that officers nether their supervision comply promptly with this directive.