The Bayelsa State, Governor, Seriake Dickson, has said that, his administration made the declaration of assets a state policy from inception in 2012, as the restoration government has remained fully compliant with the policies and objectives of the Code of Conduct Bureau.
He therefore, ordered all appointees and civil servants to be ready to face the operatives of the bureau to declare their assets.
Dickson made this position known, while receiving a certificate of verification and clearance from a Federal Commissioner in the Code of Conduct Bureau, Chief Stephen Bekefula, in Government House, Yenagoa.
.“Since 2012, the government has made it a policy that before you are given an appointment, you must first declare your assets. It is nothing unusual as I have done it severally before I became governor.
”While I call on all appointees to be ready to for it, next year, probity will be the watchword, as every appointee will declare his or her assets before and after office”, he stated.
Dickson, however, called on CCB to carry out enough sensitization exercise for people to know the importance of declaring their assets, particularly the government appointees and civil servants.
A Federal Commissioner in the Code of Conduct Bureau, Abuja, Chief Stephen Bekefula, explained that, the Bureau is in the state to verify properties of Governor Seriake Dickson and all political office holders, including the deputy governor, secretary to the state government and the local government chairmen.
The federal commissioner explained that the code of assets declaration law states that, it is important for all political appointees to declare their assets, three months after the assumption of office.
