The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Abdullahi Bello, has said that more than 20 ministers and 30 permanent secretaries are currently under asset verification by the bureau. Bello disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday at an anti-corruption and asset-tracing stakeholders’ workshop organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) in collaboration with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa. He said the CCB had moved beyond merely receiving asset declaration forms to examining declarations, investigating suspected infractions, and prosecuting offenders. Bello added that the bureau had focused its verification exercise on high-profile public officers, interviewing and verifying the relations of more than 20 ministers, 30 permanent secretaries, 32 health agencies, and other high-profile individuals.
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