Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has reacted to inciting statements from some Nigerians over President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent declaration of his assets.
Speaking in Benin, Edo state at the 13th anniversary celebration of Rock of Ages Christian Assembly International Incorporation, Governor Okowa advised Nigerians to be concerned with the change process rather than President Buhari’s wealth, Vanguard reports.
The governor noted that President Buhari’s declaration was a welcome development saying: “What the President has today in terms of his personal wealth ought not to be the business of Nigerians.”
Okowa added: “I don’t comment on asset declaration, assets declaration is personal.
“But his personal wealth and all he has at the moment is not supposed to be the business of Nigerians. The only thing that we should be concerned about is what is going to be his output in government that is where we should concentrate on.”
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo declared their assets on Thursday, September 3.
A statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special adviser on media and publicity to the president, said that prior to being sworn in on May 29, President Buhari had N30 million to his name among other assets, while Vice president Osinbajo had a bank balance of about N94 million and USD900,000 in his bank accounts among other assets.
However, the opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), described the assets declaration by President Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as “a deceptive window-dressing to hoodwink unsuspecting Nigerians”.
The PDP observed that President Buhari and his vice failed to produce copies of their declarations, detailing the exact nature and value of their assets.
But in a swift response President Buhari declared that the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is still authenticating their assets forms.
The PDP soon after switched focus to the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari, stating that it may soon demand the public declaration of her assets.
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