AFENIFERE HAS CALLED ON PRESIDENT BUHARI TO DECLARE HIS ASSETS PUBLICLY

The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has yesterday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his assets publicly.

Chief R.F Fasoranti, the leader of the Afenifere group has insisted that the President should set an example by declaring his assets, he further added that President Buhari needs to lead by example. In his statement he was quoted saying; “The constitutional crisis created over the illegal suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr. Walter Onnoghen over allegations of not fully declaring his assets has compelled Afenifere to ask the president to openly declare his assets”.

Down the archives, Back in 2014, in a document titled “I pledge to Nigeria”, Buhari made it known that all his political appointees would only earn salaries and allowances as prescribed by the Revenue and Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission. With barely four months left to the end of the Buhari led administration, this pledge is yet to be fulfilled. Instead, presidential aides have been giving all manner of excuses in the past 3 and a half years.

The Afenifere has reiterated that a leader must not set for others standards that are very difficult for him to meet in the order of “do as I say and not as I do”. The group further ascertains that the true meaning of leadership is being able to lead by higher standards.