Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s assets did not increase through out the eight years he spent in office, Garba Shehu, his spokesman, has said.

 

Shehu said this could be seen in the assets declaration form he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

 

According to Shehu, the completed declaration showed that Buhari’s movable assets did not increase, at home in Nigeria or outside and he did not add new bank accounts outside the only one he had in Union Bank, Kaduna.

 

“He has taken no loans and has no liability. The number of animals in his farm recorded a little decrease due to the number he gave out as gifts in the last four years,” Shehu said in a tweet on Saturday.

 

The asset declaration form is mandatory for all elected, appointed, recruited and contracted public officers.

 

All public officers are to declare their assets and liabilities on the assumption of office and at the end of their tenure.

 

Declarants are required by law to state their assets/liability including that of their spouses who is not a public officer and children under 18 years of age and submit same to the bureau within 30 days of the receipt of the forms.

 

However, some public officers do not disclose their declared assets.