An international civil and not for profit organisation, Egalitarian Mission for Africa, has called for prosecution of politicians who failed to disclose their assets as required by the Code of Conduct Act.
The group, which alleged that most defaulters of the Act are political office holders, asked the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar, to bring defaulters to book.
The group alleged that many government workers as well as political office holders, including politicians seeking elections have failed to declare their assets through the filling of asset declaration forms. It also added that political office holders are also not always truthful to the law in completing the declaration of assets form.
The Chairman, Board of Trustees of the organisation, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, said, the group will be working in partnership with the Code of Conduct Tribunal to ensure that the law of declaration of assets is strictly adhered to in government organisations.
The Human Rights activist said the group in partnership with relevant agencies will compile the list of violators.
“We will publish it at the end of the process and will accordingly drag them before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) thereafter,” Ajulo said.
The group, which said that it is the collective responsibility of every citizen to collaborate with agencies of government to ensure smooth operation for the greater good of the country, stressed that any public office holder or politician seeking election who finds it hard to act in accordance with the rule of law cannot be a good representative of the people.
