CCB plans website for online asset declaration

Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) is to launch a website for the submission of asset declaration forms by public servants soon.

The initiative is part of efforts to ease the asset declaration through the use of technology.

Justice Danladi Umar disclosed this in Lagos at a High-Level Meeting on Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Asset Declaration by High-Ranking Public Officer in Nigeria organised by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP).

Umar, who was represented by Dr Mustapha Musa, his special assistant, said the website was ready for use.

He said the website would be launched soon and that the staff that would be responsible for its operation would soon be receiving documents on its platform electronically.

According to Umar, the CCB asset declaration website is live and online, with all security features and certifications necessary for its takeoff.

“Information on the website regarding asset declaration can only be assessed by the CCB and the site is https://[email protected],”  he said.

Umar said that the CBB can only give access to information regarding declaration of assets to any citizen on application as provided by the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act subject to conditions given by the National Assembly.

He noted that the rule was subject to the provisions of Paragraph 3 (c) part 1 of the third schedule of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.