Shettima to CCB: Remain apolitical, sustain digitization to maintain global standards

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has charged the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to remain apolitical and maintain strict independence in order to function with integrity, transparency, and accountability.
He also urged the Bureau to sustain its digitization process to create a system that allows public officers to declare assets and liabilities electronically from any location, eliminating the delays and inefficiencies of paper forms as well as match what obtains in foreign jurisdictions.
Senator Shettima gave the charge on Friday when he received a delegation from the CCB led by its Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Usman Bello, at the Presidential Vil...