20 Ministers, 30 Perm Secs Under CCB Asset Verification — Chairman

More than 20 ministers and 30 permanent secretaries are currently under asset verification by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), its Chairman, Abdullahi Bello, has said.
Bello disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at an anti-corruption and asset-tracing stakeholders’ workshop organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) in collaboration with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa.
He said the CCB had moved beyond merely receiving asset declaration forms to examining declarations, investigating suspected infractions and prosecuting offenders.
“We are not submitting forms anymore. Now, we’re examining the forms, we’re also investigating, and we’re also pr...