Kano Governor directs nominee commissioners to declare assets

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has directed all the 19 commissioners-nominee to comply with the Code of Conduct rules and declare their assets.

This is contained in a statement issued by his Press Secretary, Bature Dawakin Tofa, in Kano.

According to him, the nominees are expected to declare their assets before they are screened by the House of Assembly.

The governor, in the statement, vowed that no commissioner-nominee would be sworn in as a cabinet member without filling the asset declaration form issued by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

“All other political appointees under this administration shall also comply with the directive accordingly,“ he said in the statement.

Governor Yusuf reiterated his pledge to the people that transparency and accountability remained the basic principles of his administration.

He said this would be applied to champion good governance as promised during the electioneering campaign.

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