…As Agora Policy launches local governance, policy transparency portals
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is verifying the asset declarations of ministers and other senior public officials while investigating at least five local government chairmen for alleged ethics violations, reflecting a broader push to strengthen accountability across different levels of government.
Abdullahi Usman Bello, chairman of the bureau, disclosed on Thursday that the asset verification exercise has so far covered 19 ministers, 37 permanent secretaries, 20 heads of government agencies and 32 other senior public officials.
Speaking at the close-out ceremony of Agora Policy’s second Policy Writing Fellowship and the unveiling of the Local Governance Accountability (LGA) Portal and Policy Registry in Abuja, Bello said the bureau had also reached an advanced stage in investigations involving five local government chairmen.
“As part of our enforcement at the CCB, the Code of Conduct Bureau is presently investigating at least five local government chairmen and we have reached an advanced stage,” Bello said. “We have seen a lot of breaches of code of conduct principles in the process, including conflict of interest and other violations of code of conduct.”
