Enugu gov, Speaker declare assets

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Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and Speaker of the House of Assembly, Edward Ubosi, have declared their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

Lawmakers in the current and past dispensation have also complied with the directive.

State Director of CCB Mrs. Lucy Ijetta stated this in an interview with reporters yesterday. She, however, said some exco members in previous administrations were yet to comply. These include seven ex-commissioners and five special advisers who served between 2015 and 2019.

She warned that if they fail to regularize their assets declaration with the CCB by July ending, they would be prosecuted.

According to her, 24 commissioners and 15 special advisers served in the last dispensation, but only 17 former commissioners and 10 special advisers had complied with the regularization rule.

She added: “Among the 24 former commissioners, 17 have ended their tenures with us while 10 of the former special advisers had also done the same thing. The defaulters have until the end of July to do so, failure of which I will list their names as defaulters and forward to our head office for onward transmission to the CCB tribunal.”