CALL TO ACTION ON PUBLIC ACCESS TO ASSETS DECLARATION IN NIGERIAWhy is public assets declartion
and verification important, and what will the call to action accomplish?Declare Corrupt SystemsMake your voice heardMeet our partnersA Call to Action is a chance for ordinary citizens to get involved and make their voices heard.
We ask that you lend your voice to promote accountability, transparency, and good governance by holding elected and
appointed public officials responsible through public assets declaration and verification.SIGN CALL TO ACTION
If our demands are met, we will be able to:Prevent corruption and promote integrity in public serviceYou can play your part by insisting pubic officials openly declare their assets;
it's your right to know and abide by assets declaration framework.Improve public access to Assets Declaration in Nigeria.Detect public officials with 'unexplained wealth' and conflicts of interest
(wealth that cannot be attributed to salary, investment, gift, inheritance, or other legal sources
and therefore is likely from bribes or other forms of corruption)
SIGN CALL TO ACTIONWe ask that you lend your voice to promote accountability, transparency,
and good governance by holding elected and appointed public officials responsible through
public assets declaration and verificationThe Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is supporting three strategic partners;
Integrity Organisation, SERAP and CENSOJ to strengthen the capacity of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in the
delivery of its mandate to establish and maintain a high standard of public morality in the conduct of government business.A crucial unifying goal for the three projects - seeks to humanize the impact of corruption through new forms
of storytelling by using the lens of the arts/creative arts to describe the damages done at all levels of society."Creating more awareness and to improve on transparency and accountability in the public service through Assets Declaration"
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Call to actionwhat you need to doThe public should have access to the OADs to interrogate the data;
full transparency will enable citizens to hold public officials accountable for 'unexplainable wealth'.The National Assembly should revise the Code of Conduct Bureau Act to permit public disclosure
of officeholders' asset declarations without jeopardizing office holders' privacy or safety.The Online Assets Declaration System (OADs) should be fully implemented in Nigeria.
The OADs is an online submission and database of asset declarations by public officials that will improve the CCB's access to fiduciary information.The National Assembly and political parties should make it mandatory for all aspiring public
officials to declare their assets as a campaign pledge or prior to appointment.We, the citizens of Nigeria, demand that:All "you need to do is simple"; lend your voice to this call to action requesting all aspiring
elected office holders and other public office holders to declare their asset as a campaign pledge.
01020304SignTweetWriteShareCollaboration with Code of conduct BureauNigeria's 1999 Constitution gives the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) the power to obtain asset declarations from government officials,
and the power to make these declarations publicly available for inspection by Nigerian citizens. This asset declaration process is internationally
recognised as a major tool for curbing corruption, to enable citizens to hold public officials to account for their source of wealth.Read More