The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to instruct the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to publicly disclose his declared assets.
In a statement on Sunday by its deputy director, Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP also urged President Tinubu to encourage Vice President Kashim Shettima, ministers, governors, and National Assembly leaders to do the same.
According to SERAP, President Tinubu’s immediate action to ask the CCB to release his assets, along with urging other government officials to follow suit, would promote transparency, public trust, and accountability.
The organization praised the President for mentioning in his first Presidential Media Chat that he might request the CCB to release his asset declaration.
However, SERAP emphasized that the President should take swift action. They pointed out that if President Tinubu follows through quickly on his intentions, it would carry greater weight and show a serious commitment to transparency. The organization added that making asset declarations public would help reduce corruption and promote trust in the government.