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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has commenced verification of asset declaration of public officers in the South South geopolitical zone.
The verification team for the South South is led by a board member, representing the South South, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinma, alongside two directors drawn from CCB headquarters to cover the six states, including Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers to be supervised by Daniel Okafor, while Ben Nyong will oversee Akwa Ibom, Cross River, and Edo states respectively.
CCB, in a statement in Abuja, clarified that the exercise is to physically verify details of what public officers declared and ensure what is contained in officers’ assets declared forms is what is on the ground.
It added that the exercise will also help the bureau to build a verifiable database that will meet international standards in the anti-corruption effort of the present administration.
“This is to inform the public and public officers in particular, that in line with the mandate of the CCB as enshrined in Paragraph 3(B), Part 1 of the Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the office has constituted a team of intelligence officers to verify the assets and liability details declared by public officers in the country.
“The exercise will commence in the zone from February 5 to March 7, 2024. During the exercise, affected public officers will be required to provide documentary evidence of the assets declared and where necessary take officers to the site to physically verify the assets.
“It is necessary to advise affected public officers to keep to the schedule as communicated to them by the office as failure to attend will invite further scrutiny and vetting.
“Public officers should note that this is a routine exercise usually carried out by the bureau as part of its mandate and it is not targeted at any particular group of public officers or interest and insinuation to the contrary should be ignored,” CCB said in the statement.
