President Goodluck Jonathan has declared his assets and has no case to answer, Dr Sam Saba, the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), has said.
“As far as we are concerned, Mr President has declared his assets, though not publicly. There is no law that says that you should declare your assets publicly; it simply states that you should declare your assets.
“What is important is that he has declared his assets and when we go through his form and we discover any area that is questionable, then we will take him to court,” he said.
Saba spoke through Alhaji Ibrahim Manzo, the Federal Commissioner representing North West in the Bureau, who represented him at a Compliance Training Workshop for Public officers on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the Bureau was doing its bit, but that the public was not doing its own part by refusing to blow the whistle on defaulters.
Saba, who noted that the fight against corruption is the collective responsibility of all patriotic Nigerians, said Nigerians should wake up to the task.
He said the aim of the training was to sensitise public officers to the importance of assets declaration and what was required of them while filling the form.
“If they know what they are being asked and how to answer correctly, it will lessen our work and reduce the burden of taking people to court for non-compliance,” he said. NAN
