President Muhammadu Buhari has been
described as probably the least corrupt African leader, following the
public declaration of his assets, The Washington Post has said.
Buhari’s predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan,
refused during his administration to make public his asset which was
declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
Ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua, who Jonathan succeeded, was worth $5m.
“By the standards of sub-Saharan African
leaders, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is dirt-poor. The
question on many minds is this: Is Buhari, Nigeria’s former military
ruler and ex-head of the oil ministry, telling the truth?” the paper
asked.
According
to a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant, Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Thursday, the President has about N30m in his
only one bank account with Union Bank Plc, while the Vice President has
a balance of N94m and $94,000.
Buhari’s assets consist of houses in his
hometown, Daura, Kano, Kaduna and Abuja, as well as his farm in Daura.
The President equally declared his investment in Berger Paints and
landed property in Kano and Port Harcourt.
The Washington Post added,
“Corruption, after all, is a major problem in Africa’s largest economy.
Buhari himself has publicly said that more than $150 billion is missing
from the government’s coffers. Still, the public declaration appears to
be an attempt to show some much-needed transparency. Buhari was elected
in March largely by promising that he wouldn’t tolerate corruption.
“What is clear is that Buhari has done what his predecessors – and most other African leaders – have never done.”
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