The coalition said this while addressing the media on Tuesday in Lagos. It also called on other state governors to lead by example and publicly declare their assets.
The Coalition of Civil Society Organization for Good Governance has urged Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State to make public the assets he declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The coalition said this while addressing the media on Tuesday in Lagos. It also called on other state governors to lead by example and publicly declare their assets.
It was reported that the governor declared assets of N9 trillion to the Code of Conduct Bureau, a claim he later refuted.
“Today, we are zeroed in on Zamfara for obvious reasons. Why Zamfara? This is because, despite the availability of gold and other mineral resources, in large quantities, the people of Zamfara have not been able to benefit substantially from these God-given resources.
“The security issues and underdevelopment have put the state in a state of comatose. Why is it that terrorism has remained unabated in Zamfara?
“Now, our challenge now is that it is incumbent on Mr Lawal to lead by example. What we are now asking, is for Mr Lawal to tell the world how he made his money and details of his asset declaration, before the Code of Conduct Bureau.
“We don't want to hear the usual refrain after his exit when he's been called to account that he didn't enter a government a pauper. The era of humongous wealth without enterprise is gone forever.
“We want to know how he made his trillions so that other governors who are super rich will also follow suit.
“We are doing this because Nigeria is now in a precarious situation more than ever. The debt issues and economic crises we are in now require that we do our best. We want to appreciate our media friends in this campaign for doing a yeoman job.
“We want you to do more because we owe it as a collective duty to the incoming generation that in view of the economic crisis that our leaders had plunged us into due to their indiscretion, it will not be business as usual anymore,” the coalition said.
The coalition also called on the state governor to tackle the bloodletting in the state and not try to make financial gains from it.
“The level of bloodletting and killings in Zamfara is mind-boggling, and there's a need to put an end to this dastardly act,” the coalition said as it enjoined Governor Lawal to ensure banditry and insurgents are wiped out of the state.