Nigerian workers to senate - 'Amaechi, Fashola, other ministers must publicly declare their asset'


Nigerian workers on Thursday urged the National Assembly to ensure that all ministerial nominees declare their asset publicly before confirmation.

Among the 21 persons nominated as ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari are former Lagos State governor, Raji Fashola, ex-Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and spokesperson of the ruling APC, Lai Mohammed.



The workers, members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, stated this in a joint statement by the union’s president, Boboi , and General Secretary, Musa Lawal.

The TUC said that the declaration would be in the public interest.

The labour union said the public declaration of asset was necessary following “worrisome” allegations of fraud against some ex-ministers and officials.

“There is need to verify the financial and material status of each nominee before they are allowed to assume such high offices,” the workers said.

Although Nigerian law does not mandate public declaration of asset by public officials, President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, have both publicly declared their asset as part of the new administration’s policy to entrench transparency and anti-corruption in governance.

The Senate, which has the responsibility to approve ministerial nominees is not expected to heed the call of the workers as even the senators declined to declare the asset publicly with only one member, Shehu Sani, doing so.

On Thursday, the TUC said time had come to allow only people with proven integrity to head government ministries and urged the Senate to screen the nominees based on their integrity and past records irrespective of their status.

The congress noted that many youth in the country have gotten into crime due to unemployment caused by corrupt leaders in the past.

“It is sad how much shame politicians have brought upon this country.

“There is rarely any month we do not hear news of Nigerian youths being executed in other parts of the world due to involvement in one crime or the other.

“We will not be in this backward situation if the economy is doing well, if we had steady power and adequate infrastructure and if successive governments were interested in creating jobs for the army of unemployed youths,” it said.

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  1. and the Senators who has under-declared theirs what would happened to them?......... Imagine Saraki asking Amaechi or Fashola to Openly declare their Assets, where is the Moral...This Nigerian workers should better courier their errand through better medium, because Fashola and Amaechi are far better than most members of the national assembly

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    1. Whether they are better or not they should take a cue from the President who nominated them and declare their assets if they have nothing to hide. Buhari's selling point which has won him the support of an overwhelming majority of Nigerians is his transparency and detest for corruption. His Ministers should not be different. Let's leave the comparisms with the Senate otherwise it would be just like Sasaki supporters who are asking why it is only him being singled out.

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