President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have finally declared their assets publicly.

» more President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have finally declared their assets publicly. According to statement by the Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, “the documents submitted to the CCB, which officials say are still being vetted and will soon be made public, show that prior to being sworn in on May 29, President Buhari had less than N30 million to his name. He also had only one bank account, with the Union Bank. President Buhari had no foreign account, no factory and no enterprises. He also had no registered company and no oil wells”, the statement said. The statement further added that “the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) who had been a successful lawyer before his foray into politics declared a bank balance of about N94 million and 900,000 United States Dollars in his bank accounts”. It added that President Buhari “had shares in Berger Paints, Union Bank and Skye Bank. The documents also said “President Buhari had a total of five homes, and two mud houses in Daura. He had two homes in Kaduna, one each in Kano, Daura and in Abuja. One of the mud houses in Daura was inherited from his late older sister, another from his late father. He borrowed money from the old Barclays Bank to build two of his homes. “President Buhari also has two undeveloped plots of land, one in Kano and the other in Port Harcourt. He is still trying to trace the location of the Port Harcourt land. “In addition to the homes in Daura, he has farms, an orchard and a ranch. The total number of his holdings in the farm include 270 heads of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses, a variety of birds and a number of economic trees”. It also revealed that the retired General “uses a number of cars, two of which he bought from his savings and the others supplied to him by the federal government in his capacity as former Head of State. The rest were donated to him by well-wishers after his jeep was damaged in a Boko Haram bomb attack on his convoy in July 2014. According to Shehu, ” Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo’s asset declaration include his 4-bedroom residence at Victoria Garden City, Lagos and a 3-bedroom flat at 2 Mosley Road, Ikoyi. The Vice President also has a 2-bedroom flat at the popular Redemption Camp along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and a 2-bedroom mortgaged property in Bedford, England. Aside from these, the Vice President has no other landed properties on the form. “Apart from his law firm, known as SimmonsCooper, the Vice-President also declared shareholding in six private companies based in Lagos, including Octogenerium Ltd., Windsor Grant Ltd., Tarapolsa, Vistorion Ltd., Aviva Ltd. and MTN Nigeria. “His personal vehicles are one Infinity 4-Wheel Drive SUV, one Mercedes Benz and a Prado Jeep. “As soon as the CCB is through with the process, the documents will be released to the Nigerian public and people can see for themselves." Comments In Oyo New party to emerge from PDP, says Sen. Balogun Buhari ‘Nigerians will see promised change soon,’ President says Wike ‘Governor trying to stop Amaechi from becoming minister,’ Rivers APC says Buhari President appoints Deputy Chief of Staff Buhari ‘We haven’t seen your change yet,’ PDP tells president Osinbajo Vice President, Governors meet in Aso Rock In Bauchi Govt recovers 72 vehicles, 60 generators from officials last administration Osinbajo ‘We have no tribal agenda,’ Vice President says Politics Buhari ‘Stop disturbing President with foolish complaints,’ Presidency tells PDP Agbaje Vs Ambode PDP vows to challenge Lagos governorship elections at Supreme Court Amaechi Why EFCC, ICPC can’t probe ex-governor Fashola What ex-governor has to say about corruption allegations Fayose ‘Governor’s appointments more unbalanced than Buhari’s,’ Ekiti APC says Buhari Asset Declaration Nigerians react to President’s N30M Union Bank account In Bayelsa INEC urges elegible persons to participate in continuous voters’ registration In Zamfara State reduces MDAs to cope with economic reality Buhari PDP accuses President of shielding corrupt cronies Olufunsho Amosun Ogun state first lady reacts to money laundering allegation googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1437560215201-0'); });