Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat have filled their respective asset declaration forms and submitted same to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) before taking oath of office for second tenure. A board member of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Professor S.F Ogundare, representing South West zone, was said to have administered the asset declaration on Sanwo-Olu and Hamzat.
According to a statement on Saturday by the governor’s media office, “In compliance with paragraph 11 part 1 to the 5th schedule of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that mandates political office holders to declare their assets on assumption and at the of their term in office, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat on Saturday submitted their Asset Declaration Forms.
“Governor Sanwo-Olu and his deputy have, by their action, satisfied section 185(1) of the same Constitution that makes it paramount for the political office holders to declare their Assets before they take oath of office.”
The asset declaration was said to be witnessed by a CCB member, Taofeek Olawale Abdulsalam, and the Lagos State Director of the bureau, Mrs. O Popoola.