IN line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) newly sworn in Governor of Bauchi State, Senator. Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir and his Deputy, Senator. Baba Tella has submitted their assets declaration forms to the State office of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
Checks at the Federal Secretariat office of the Bureau in Bauchi by our Correspondent also revealed that 17 out of the 31 newly elected members of the State House of Assembly have complied with the provision of the law by submitting their assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
Though our Correspondent could not get details of the assets declared in the forms, records obtained from the CCB, office indicated that Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir and his Deputy who were both sworn in as the 6th elected Governor of Bauchi state last Wednesday submitted their asset declaration forms, CCB1, on the 28th of May 2019, a day before their inauguration.
A source at the CCB who spoke to our Correspondent in confidence disclose that the Governor submitted his form through one his elder brothers, Alh Adamu Duguri in the company of his new Chief of Staff Abubakar Kari.
The source further revealed that 17 out of the 31 newly elected lawmakers in the state have also submitted their assets declaration forms saying that those that are yet to declare and submit the forms have as deadline the second week of July to do so or else they would not be allowed to take an oath of office as enshrined in the Constitution.
According to the records of the CCB, the lawmakers that have submitted their forms include; Yusuf Mohammed Bako of Pali Constituency, Bala Abdullahi Dau of Duguri/Gwana Constituency, Jamilu Umaru Dahiri of Bauchi Central Constituency, Musa Mante Barraza, Dass Constituency, Yunusa Ahmed, Warji Constituency, Tukur Ibrahim,Toro/ Jama’a Constituency, Abubakar Suleiman ,Ningi Constituency and Ado Wakili, Burra Constituency.
Others are; Baballe Abubakar Dambam of Dambam/ Dagauda/Jalam Constituency, Gazali Abubakar Wunti, Ganjuwa East Constituency, Yusuf Inuwa Dadiye, Ganjuwa West Constituency, Mukhtar A.Suleiman, Katagum Constituency, Wanzam Mohammed, Jama’re Constituency, Sale Hodi Jibir, Disina Constituency, Bello Mu’azu Shira , Shira Constituency, and Tijjani Mohammed Aliyu, Azare / Madangala Constituency.
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The source revealed further that all aides including, Special Advisers, Personal Assistants, Senior Special Assistants to be appointed by the Governor will make their assets declaration 90 days within the period of their appointments in order not to run afoul of the law.
Meanwhile, checks at the State office of the CCB revealed that the immediate past Governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar and his Deputy, Sule Audu Katagum have returned their assets declaration forms earlier before the inauguration of the new administration.
Checks revealed that the forms were submitted on the 24th of March to the Code of Conduct Bureau and received by the Head of the Bureau, one Sa’ad Abdullahi Abubakar, who is the head of the assets declaration exercise in charge of the North-East zone. The forms were submitted by the Principal Private Secretary (PPS) of the Former Governor, Alh.Sadisu Usman.
Others who have submitted their assets declaration forms, CCB1, after their tenure expired with the past administration include all the 20 Commissioners, 42 Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Personal Assistants, 35 Board Chairmen/ Members and 14 former lawmakers at the Bauchi State House of Assembly.
The Commissioners are; Haruna Deke Mohammed, Hon Ministry of Justice, Babaginda Nasiru Giade, Commissioner of S.E.M.E.D., Ibrahim Ayuba Suleiman, Ministry of Water Resources, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed, Ministry of housing, Ado Sarkin Asks Zigau, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Dr Zuwaira Hassan Ibrahim, Ministry of Health, Hon. Shehu Abubakar, Ministry of Works and Transport, Mohammed Sani Bashir, Ministry of Power and Technology.
Others are; Umar Ibrahim Sade, Commissioner of Ministry of Information, Mohammed Aminu Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Abubakar D.Ibrahim, Ministry of Youth and Sport, Alh. Samson Rifkatu Danna, Ministry of Environment, Rukayya Ibrahim Kewa, Ministry of Women Affairs, Danwanka Haruna Abdullahi, Ministry of Education, Yakubu Kirfi , Ministry of Agriculture, Musa Kaila Baima, Ministry of Solid Minerals, Magaji Abubakar Dambam, Ministry of Budget and Planning, Nasiruddeen Mohammed, Ministry of Local Government, Garba Sarki Akuyam, Ministry of Finance.
The Principal Private Secretary to the Governor, Alh.Sadisu Abdulmumini Usman, the Chief of Staff, and Deputy Chief of Staff have also declared their assets in accordance with the constitution.
The actions were in compliance with Sections 185 subsection (1) and 187 (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) which states that “The person elected to the office of the Governor of a State shall not begin to perform the function of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution, and has subsequently taken and subscribed to the oath of an Allegiance and Oath of office prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.”
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