Shehu recalled that Buhari promised to
declare his asset publicly and he did so despite advice from many lawyers that there was no basis for him to do so.
On 13 May this year, Oxford City Council approved their application to have the Kassam Stadium, home of the League Two club,
declared an asset of community value; since then, the stadiums of teams from every level of the pyramid — from Champion Hill, home of Isthmian Premier high - flyers Dulwich Hamlet, to Old Trafford, home of Premier League mid-table stalwarts Manchester United — have been similarly listed.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that he will not
declare his assets as demanded by some Nigerians, noting that declaration of assets by the president...
Executive Order 004 is on the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme to provide an opportunity for tax payers who are in default under all relevant status to
voluntarily declare their assets and Income and pay taxes on them while getting some benefits such as waivers of interests and penalties.
According to the National Organiser of the NDC, the Three - time presidential nominee of the NPP should follow the example of Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, the flag bearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) and
also declare his assets.
According to the NPP, the notification by the EC on declaration of assets two days to submission will create a challenge given the several processes that applicants have to go through in these few days to
declare assets before submission.
The two countries are working toward an agreement that would see American
clients declare assets and pay tax, though the U.S. is unlikely to accept Switzerland's insistence on keeping those clients anonymous.
At the federal level, the United States has not taken an official stance on Bitcoin other than
declaring it an asset similar to a stock, making it eligible for capital gains tax rather than income tax.
So declared the Asset Management Association of China in a somewhat Confucian statement following recent carnage in the mainland's stock market.
He said asking a suspect to
declare his asset did not infringe his constitutional right to remain silent.
The third witness who is the Head of Investigation of the CCB, Samuel Madujemu admitted that Saraki
indeed declared his assets and that of his wife and his children when he held office as Kwara State Governor.
Liberia's central bank confirmed Thursday it has appointed the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as interim governor despite his previous suspension from the institution for failing to
properly declare his assets.
«On the Voluntary Aid Assets and Income Declaration Scheme, the minister said there was progress and the list of 500 Nigerians who were believed to have
under declared their assets has already been obtained.
Jonathan noted that Yar» Adua's declaration made it binding on him to make such declaration at that material time because Nigerians would have criticised if he had not publicly
declare his assets like his principal.
Parties who believe that they can get away with inaccurate disclosure, whether by not
fully declaring assets, or being inaccurate as to the values of those assets for example, should take heed from the two recent cases of Sharland v Sharland and Gohil v Gohil which both dealt with husbands being fraudulent in their disclosure and resulted in the consent orders being set aside.
Some countries are investigating bitcoin as a growing commodity market, some take the same stance as the
US declaring them assets, and some have explicitly banned their use for transfer of goods or services (though the means of enforcing those bans are limited).
Campbell's umbrella company for the three magazines, BC Holdings Ltd., entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy in July last year,
declaring assets of $ 98,089 and liabilities of $ 557,712.
Akufo - Addo running away from assets declaration — Kofi AdamsThe flag bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) should abide by electoral laws and
declare his assets if he is not corrupt, governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) Campaign Coordinator Kofi Adams has said.
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that he will not
declare his assets as demanded by some Nigerians, noting that declaration of assets by the president is not a requirement under the constitution.
And president Jonathan keeps and maintains ten presidential jets on Nigerian tax payers revenues expense.President Jonathan should
declare his assets publicly and encourage rigorous fight against corruption practices on his watch and rein in on his petroleum minister Ms Madueke who spent N2 billion naira tax payers funds on rental of private jet in two years.President Jonathan must look in the mirror to see who encourages corruption practices in government in Nigeria.
First, the General Secretary of the All Peoples Congress, Razak Opoku says the Flagbearer is ready with his funds and has
also declared his assets, but was not sure if all the parliamentary candidates will secure funding to file their nominations.
According to the statement, «Governor Udom Emmanuel, in accordance with the law and the requirement by the Code of Conduct Bureau has
already declared his assets and the forms duly retuned.»
John Boadu said the party which was unconvinced by the requirement to
declare assets before filing the forms decided to seek further clarifications from the commission in order to meet the eligibility criteria.
He emphasised that what Mr. Akufo - Addo will do is to «file his tax returns» but will
not declare his assets.
He expects business with European clients to follow suit as more governments strike agreements to
declare assets.
Japan, in contrast, passed a law in March 2017 allowing e-currency payments and
declaring them assets.
So the president of the Nigerian senate, Bukola Saraki, currently facing allegations that he failed to
declare his assets, owns a property in London's Belgravia in his own name.
«Two: I have stated on record many times that public officials not publicly disclosing
their declared assets turns the assets declaration exercise into a hollow ritual, most recently through an article I wrote as a columnist on the back - page of THISDAY on 7 September 2015, titled «Issues around Assets Declaration.»
A new directive of the Electoral Commission to presidential and parliamentary aspirants to
declare their assets as part of their eligibility criteria has angered some of political parties, particularly the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
As part of the requirements for the filing of nominations ahead of the 2016 elections, the EC has requested presidential and parliamentary aspirants to
declare their assets, but the acting General Secretary of the NPP says there is no law that mandates that request.
A statement released, Tuesday, September 27, 2016, by the EC and signed by its Director of Communications, Eric Dzakpasu said «candidates are to take note of the requirement to
declare their assets to the Auditor General in order to meet the eligibility criteria.»
According to him, even though the declaration was not made public — it was an obligation to all his appointees to
declare their assets — «When they were appointed and when they will leave office.»
«You realised that the defendant was required to
declare his assets, those of wife and children below age of 18?
But anyone can challenge government appointees to
declare their assets,» he noted.
Some of the Nigerians linked to the list are public office holders which is in violation of the Nigerian law, having failed to
declare their assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB.
The Federal Government had on January 18, 2018 filed a suit marked FHC / ABJ / CR / 4/2018 containing two counts of failure of the defendants to
declare their assets «without reasonable excuse and upon the notice to declare» them before the panel.
The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned a federal civil servant, Mr. Ibrahim Tumsah and his brother, Mr. Tijani Tumsah, before the Federal High Court in Abuja with failure to
declare their assets to the Chief Okoi Obono - Obla - led Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property.
He said that Tarfa was entirely within his constitutional right to remain silent and did not violate the EFCC Act, on which the agency based its claim that Tarfa «refused and failed» to
declare his assets.
She added that the law makes room for candidates to simply kick - start the process of
declaring their assets and provide evidence to the EC.
He mocked that if the PPP and for that matter its flag bearer had been meticulous, «he wouldn't have gone ahead to
declare his assets.
The Ministers have
declared their assets, and I am insisting that all those required to do so, under the law, should comply.