The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples
Democratic Party has asked the state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, to
publicly declare his assets.
The PDP said the governor should make
the public declaration of his assets before or on June 29, 2015. Ambode
was sworn in as the governor on May 29.
In
a statement on Sunday by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Taofik Gani, the
PDP asked Ambode to “personally make public in the media, his assets as
of when sworn in as the present governor of the state.”
The statement read, “The governor is
also tasked to make public in the media, the details of the handover
notes and assets of the past governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.
“The deliberate neglect will however
compel us and other well-meaning Lagosians to explore the relevance of
the Freedom of Information Act on the matter.
“The PDP posits that the necessity for
the present governor of Lagos State to make public his present assets is
more ignited by the huge foreign and local debts of nearly a trillion
naira now left behind by the past governor who yet has been linked to
many personal bank accounts and property within and outside the country.
“Mr. Ambode is under compelling moral
duty to tell Lagosians what he presently has as assets. This is a spice
to the requirement of asset declaration before the Code of Conduct
Bureau. He must also not conceal the assets declaration of his
predecessor.”
The PDP said it was necessary for the
governor to gain the respect and confidence of Lagosians as a “genuine
servant and not a pretender servant.”
The June 29 ultimatum given to Ambode, according to the PDP, is to allow the governor to voluntarily take up this challenge.
“If he fails to meet up, we will join
hands with other well-meaning Lagosians to confer the title of
“Pretender Governor” on him throughout his tenure.
“This new dimension to demand for asset
declaration is provoked by the fact of sudden stupendous wealth the two
last governors of the state have been linked to within and outside the
country, even in the face of underperformance and huge debts now left
behind by especially the past governor,” the opposition party said.
Source: Punch
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