I am not a lawyer, so I am sure you will forgive possible errors in my reading of the law regarding assets declaration by public officials in Nigeria. A lot has been said about the "declaration" made by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). These declarations fell short of the expectations of Nigerians who rightly wanted to see copies of these documents in the public domain; but do they fall short of the law? Reading Section 140 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) we learn that:
A person elected to the office of President shall not begin to perform the functions of that office until he has declared his assets and liabilities as prescribed in this Constitution and he has taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of office prescribed in the Seventh Schedule to this Constitution.
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