Your Asset Declaration Deceptive -- PDP Tells Buhari, Osinbajo

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes as "a deceptive
window-dressing to hoodwink unsuspecting Nigerians" the release, by an
aide of the President, of a mere list of some belongings of President
Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in place of the
pledge made to Nigerians by Mr. President as candidate of the APC on
March 18, 2015, at exactly 5 pm.
The party recalled that the President in his own words had stated to
Nigerians that, "I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liability
and also encourage my political appointees to publicly declare their
assets and liability."

The PDP however, observed that President Buhari and his vice failed to
produce copies of their declarations, detailing the exact nature and
value of respective assets.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement on
Friday said "the release of a mere list of belongings falls short of
credibility, transparency and anti-corruption standards as well as
exposes the proclivity of the present administration for deception."

"We have noted the release of a flimsy list of belongings of President
Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo by the Presidency,
who want such to pass as the public declaration of assets as pledged
by the President.

"Nigerians are not deceived by this poor attempt at window-dressing
designed by the Presidency to hoodwink the unsuspecting populace in a
desperate bid to shore up its diminished image.

"We ask, is the resort to a mere list, instead of true copies of the
declaration not a ploy to give the Presidency a window for denial in
consonance with their widely observed inclination for flip flopping,
backtracking and brazen denials of their statements and actions?

"All we want is credibility, integrity and sincerity of purpose. We
are not questioning how a President, who by December last year,
declared that he had only N1 million in his account, could suddenly
now list N30 million in the same bank account by May 29, and after an
expensive campaign; we are not yet demanding the public declaration of
his assets in his wife's name.

"We are not even applauding the multiplication of his cows from 150 to
250 in a space of three months, arising from his dual and conflicting
pronouncements on this issue

"What the PDP and discerning Nigerians demand is for Mr. President to
always stand by his words and pledge.

"Mr. President, this is a mere list of your belongings and not public
declaration of assets in fulfillment of your covenant with Nigerians"

-TheGuardian